http://www.americansuburbx.com/series-2/c/civil-rights-mug-shots
Since we recently celebrated MLK's birthday, I thought I would write about these civil rights mug shots. Even though MLK is held up as the icon of the movement, scrolling down this blog you can start to get a sense of the number of people who participated. Following is its own undervalued form of leadership. Without the other people in these mug shots and many more, MLK would have been a crazy dreamer rather than a leader with a dream.
Over MLK's picture, it is written "DEAD 4-4-68," perhaps as a reminder of how dangerous it can be to be on the forefront, yet he knew the risks and continued on. The subjects of these photographs are photographs themselves, adding weight to how important this movement was if even the pictures are being photographed.
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