Joanne Wilson Honored at Gordon Parks Gala

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The Woman in a Jim Crow Photo

Gordon Parks documented some of the quieter, but no less compelling or important, moments of the civil rights struggle. Decades later, one of his subjects recalls a poignant image.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/06/the-woman-in-the-picture/

We usually associate civil rights photography with dramatic scenes of historic events. But this image helps us to understand that the battle for racial equality and justice was waged not just through epic demonstrations, speeches and conflagrations, but also through the quiet actions of individuals.