Photographs of protests in America have shaped our understanding of our nation's history. For many people behind the lens, activism is the point.
America is a nation born of protest. From the day rebels dumped British tea into Boston Harbor up until thehappening this month around the country, civil disobedience has shaped American identity. And when we look back on similar turning points in our history — the Suffrage and Civil Rights movements, the Vietnam War protests, the Stonewall Riots, and Occupy Wall Street — we see what remains of them: photographs.
While images of protest have always had the power to change hearts, minds, and politics, photography was, for most of the 20th century, far from inclusive on both sides of the lens. Up until the Civil Rights movement, many organizers orchestrated the exclusion of minorities from photographs. “[Suffragists] used their photographs to emphasize that white women were fighting for the vote of white women," explains Suffrage image expert.
Solomon stands in front of a Police care with a face mask with George Floyd's last words at the Black Lives Matter march for George Floyd in Washington, D.C. near the White House . Photograph courtesy of Dee Dwyer.
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