Charles Moore's Last Assignment

CHARLES MOORE WAS A MAN WHO WAS BORN IN THE DEEP SOUTH. HE FOUGHT JIM CROW DISCRIMINATION THE ONLY WAY HE KNEW HOW, NOT WITH HIS FISTS, BUT WITH HIS CAMERA, AS HE SAID IN A 2005 DOCUMENTARY.

HE FOLLOWED THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT FROM MISSISSIPPI TO ALABAMA AND WHEREVER IT MEANDERED. HIS WORK WAS PUBLISHED IN LIFE AND MANY OTHER JOURNALS, AND BECAME A BRIGHT LIGHT THAT TOLD THE WORLD OF THE STRUGGLE OF A PEOPLE FOR EQUALITY IN A VERY DANGEROUS TIME.

THIS IS THE LAST KNOWN VIDEO OF CHARLES MOORE, A FRIEND OF OURS, AS HE RECORDED A KLU KLUX KLAN RALLY ON MAY 26TH, 2007.

AND THROUGH NEARLY FIFTY YEARS, CHARLES WAS THERE TO RECORD HISTORY. HE NEVER GAVE UP THE FIGHT.
BUT CHARLES MOORE WAS MORE THAN JUST A LEGENDARY PHOTO JOURNALIST HE WAS A KIND AND GENEROUS MAN. PEOPLE WOULD COME UP TO HIM JUST TO MEET THIS GREAT FIGURE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. CHARLES LOVED PEOPLE. HE EXHIBITED GRACIOUSNESS WHICH IS THE TRUE HALLMARK OF HIS LIFE. HE WILL BE MISSED.

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One of the key, unsung players of the civil rights movement. There are many of them.