The Hidden Half of an East Texas Town: Alonzo Jordan, Community Photographer – NYTimes.com

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Alonzo Jordan became a civic figure in his own right. He was a barber, a deacon and a Mason, too. Nearly three decades after his death in 1984, those who knew him still refer to him as Mister Jordan.

He was what Alan Govenar, the guest curator of the Jasper show, calls a community photographer

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