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"The little-known story of an iconic photographer, whose work captured--and influenced--a critical moment in American history. Ernest Withers took some of the most legendary images of the 1950s and 60s: Martin Luther King Jr. riding a newly integrated bus in Montgomery, Alabama; Emmett Till's uncle pointing an accusatory finger across the courtroom at his nephew's killer. But from his position at the heart of the cultural revolution, Withers was simultaneously gathering information for the FBI. Withers traversed disparate worlds, from Black Power meetings to raucous Memphis nightclubs where…
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4 editions- Hardcover · English · 2019W. W. Norton & Company · 352 pages · 9780393247923
- Other · English · 2020Norton & Company Limited, W. W. · 352 pages · 9780393358087
- Other · English · 2019Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. · 352 pages · 9780393247930
- Other · English · 2019Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio · 9781978678477
African american photographersAfrican americans, biographyCivil rights workersInformersNew York Times reviewedUnited states, history, 20th centurySouthern states, historyBiography