"Between 1964 and 1965, [Mary Elizabeth] King traveled with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee through the Mississippi Delta, encountering the many men, women and children risking their jobs and their safety in the name of equality. 'These were individuals who had lessons for me,' she said. 'They were filled with wisdom. I was experiencing coming to understand the meaning of social power and I felt that I could use photography to convey that in a way I could not with words.'" (Read more here)
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