Vox Hunt: I Remember...
Show us a photograph that makes you remember.
I wasn't born yet when this photograph was taken but it does give me memories...ancestral memories, that is, of historical struggle, overcoming oppression, poise, strength, courage and most of all, dignity, compassion and the innocence of a child in the face of evil. This is one of the most beautiful photos ever taken imho. So much captured by Pulitzer prize-winning African-American photograhper Moneta Sleet, Jr. (I grew up with his work, as like many black families in the South, we have had a subscription to Ebony and Jet since their inception. To this day, you can find both, side-by-side on my grandmother's coffee table). And the unmatched Mahalia Jackson sang Dr. King's last request that day - her rendition of Thomas Dorsey's "Precious Lord."
