Civil Rights Battles, in Black and White – Lens

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Some of the most gripping images in “Road to Freedom” went unseen for decades. Pictures showing a mob attacking and setting fire to a bus carrying Freedom Riders in Anniston, Ala., are chilling in their step-by-step precision. Yet they were locked away in the files of a law firm.

Link: Civil Rights Battles, in Black and White – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com