Charles Moore – Civil Rights Photographer

Charles Lee Moore (March 9, 1931 – March 11, 2010) was an American photographer most famous for his photographs documenting the Civil Rights Movement. Perhaps the most famous of his photos is the one he managed to get of Martin Luther King Jr.’s arrest for loitering on September 3, 1958. It is this photo that sparked Moore’s involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, and the most well-known portion of his career.  Read more here.

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