Ernest Withers-Civil Rights Photographer

This man captured the most important moments of the Civil Rights Movement. He captured photographs such as Emmit Till's gruesome racial murder, he was also there when the nine students integrated Little Rock Central High School, and also when moments after Martin Luther King was assassinated.

("Little Rock 9" and the white students waiting for them on the front steps of the high school)
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Although slavery had been over for a while, African Americans were still going through mistreatment.  "Seperate but equal" is what they referred to to them. But they were not being treated "equal". They did everything to them pretty much to let them know that even though slavery was over they were still not equal to  white people. Television and Newspapers were constantly competing everyday. With pictures and actual videos on TV so everyone can see really opened everyones eyes in America. The civil rights movement had been put in America's living rooms and it changed many of the publics opinions.

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Fearless Photojournalist.

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Margaret Bourke-White took her camera everywhere, her stories were worth telling photographically. When she first started taking pictures she had a $20.00 camera with a cracked lens and took a one week photography class in Columbia University. She started as an industrial photographer and had other jobs after that but she is most remembered for her work in "Life" magazine. 

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              She was the first woman to be allowed to work in the combat zone during World War II.

Chapter 9- CREATING "ROSIE THE RIVETER"

Propelling the American Woman into the Workforce

Summary-

              Woman power during World War II was essential. Without "Rosie the Riveters" things would of been way different. During this time if a wife or daughter brought home a check this meant that the man was a failure. The news media tried to get rid of this idea by "glamorizing" women. Other news organizations praised women for the hard work they were doing. They stated that women are equal to men and they can do the jobs men do just as well. Many of these hard working women did not get enough sleep because they had to work at home as well. They had to cook, clean, and take care of their kids. Margaret Bourke-White captured important moments during this time with her camera. She was a photojournalist and she was most remembered for her work in Life magazine. Unlike most photojournalist of that time she liked photographing the more rugged looking women working rather than the feminine ones. After World War II it was more excepted for women to work than to just stay home.

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Women Vote - "Night of Terror" (Women`s Suffrage/Woman`s Rights)