IMPORTANCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

The image had a simple message that black lives matter and it was unforgettable. This is a clear evidence that photographic tool carries with it a huge potential to spread awareness, reform, revolution and also keep history for future generation. It’s evident that since 1950s, photography has been a very critical tool in fighting for civil rights and revolution. One of the revolutionist and a culture activist, Gordon Parks made camera his weapon to change America. Gordon is believed to have used its camera to impact people and bring change to the community in matters concerning racism and poverty. This background forms the bases for this research and the need to conduct a study to establish how photography was used to fight for civil rights in between 1950s and 1960s with help of civil rights movements.

This research seek to shed light on how the photographic images helped to pass messages/information to the Civil Rights and the Black Lives Matter movement and fight some social injustices like racism in the years 1950s and 1960s. How photography facilitated the development of empathy amongst people who had no experience or connection to the injustices that was being administered and how it also served to unify and compel apolitical citizens towards activism. Rationale This research is meant to educate people out there that there is power in photography and can be used to heal our society. Many photographers in the 1950s and 1960s have reached their dreams through photographing to impact the world. jpeg?ops=scalefit_970_noupscale Later, Park also launched another fight against racial injustice crusading for the separation of black and white America.

They used images to communicate the progress of their insular society flourishing around him. He called it, collecting evidence and could display images to show the fate of black people. Some of the photos that Park used included. huffingtonpost. org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/NewYork_11_Civil_Rights. pdf Similarly, the historical images of four students including Franklin McCain, David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and Ezell Blair can also best explain how photography helped to raise the profile of the civil right movement of 1956. These students jointly commenced the protest after they were denied lunch counter service at the Woolworth (Bickford, 2015). This had a significant impact on the movement as about 300 protesters had arrived at the store by the fifth day of the protest. Although they did not achieve instant success, the Greensboro Four returned to the store within six months and were served at the counter the same way whites were being served.

Data sources As mentioned earlier, this research will use mostly secondary data from various sources. Secondary data is the one that has been already collected, analyzed and presented by interested parties or other researchers (Mukhopadhyay & Gupta, 2014, 110) and has been preserved for future references. This research will prefer using the secondary data sources over the primary data sources since they have the capability of filling the existent literature gaps or addressing certain goals and objectives of the research. Having in mind that this research is seeking to investigate an historical topic, then it’s very vital to use historical journals, articles, past researches and even history books. Some of the areas where the study will get some of these sources will be museums, historical centers, research centers, libraries and government agencies. Research schedule Activity Period Writing the proposal Week 1-2 Getting the Literature Review Week 3 Getting the Methodology tools Week 4-5 Seeking permission from authorities Week 6 Data collection Week 7-9 Data presentation, analysis, and interpretation of the initial draft Week 10 Discussion Week 11 Addressing recommendations Week 12-13 Final report preparation and presentation Week 14 Bibliography Harrold, S.

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