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Guest Post 31: Robert Dannin on Eugene Richards’s “the day I was born” (b)

The tradition of people’s history continues in the work of Eugene Richards who, by reviving a cold case of racial oppression, delivers an important perspective on how little and how much has changed in a half-century of struggle against the forces of dispossession. […]

Guest Post 31: Robert Dannin on Eugene Richards’s “the day I was born” (a)

In my opinion, Eugene Richards stands out as the most important photojournalist of his generation. Often imitated, yet seldom surpassed, his work embodies the values he defends. In early 2019 Richards returned to the Delta where he reconnected with old acquaintances and met others willing to discuss the impact of the Civil Rights movement on their lives. […]