Posted on Jun 13, 2020
As Black Photographers Document Protests, They Tell Their 'Own History In Real Time'
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The killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police last month sparked outrage that has spilled into the streets, with mass demonstrations and marches against police brutality and systemic racism.
Black photographers have been documenting the nationwide protests in a way that amounts to telling "our own history in real time," said Brooklyn, N.Y.-based commercial photographer Mark Clennon, "because our parents, and grandparents never really had a chance to have their voices heard."
NPR talked to Clennon and seven other black photographers about what it's been like to document the protests. From Seattle to Washington, D.C., Los Angeles to Houston, they spoke of their own personal histories, of being moved by moments of deep humanity and of witnessing compassion, care and love for black protesters.
Black photographers have been documenting the nationwide protests in a way that amounts to telling "our own history in real time," said Brooklyn, N.Y.-based commercial photographer Mark Clennon, "because our parents, and grandparents never really had a chance to have their voices heard."
NPR talked to Clennon and seven other black photographers about what it's been like to document the protests. From Seattle to Washington, D.C., Los Angeles to Houston, they spoke of their own personal histories, of being moved by moments of deep humanity and of witnessing compassion, care and love for black protesters.
As Black Photographers Document Protests, They Tell Their 'Own History In Real Time'
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel yes, this is an important aspect for Negroid People in America, to get the voice and the visual out to the world at large. Malcolm X wanted to file charges against the USA for racism before the World Court back in the 1960s. I see unfinished business being finished. However, I have learned, that at large, if a perspective is one sided that is the one side of the picture story. If the other side is markedly different, I think it should come out, as well. The problem with the history that is written is the writer tends to not include historical documents leading up to the event in history.
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