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Bill Hudson, 77, a Photojournalist During the Civil Rights Era

Bill Hudson, a Photojournalist During the Civil Rights Era, Dies at 77

Mr. Hudson’s powerful images of the civil rights era documented police brutality and helped galvanize the public.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/us/27hudson.html?hpw

His most enduring photograph of the era, taken on May 3, 1963, shows an officer in Birmingham grabbing a young black man, Walter Gadsden, and letting a police dog lunge at his stomach.

June 26, 2010