This retrospective collection of 125 photographs, drawn largely from images Sleet shot for Johnson Publishing, divides his work into six sections: the era of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; the Civil Rights Movement; Africa; Photo Essays; Portraits; and Children. It was Sleet’s gripping picture of Coretta Scott King and her youngest daughter, Bernice, at Dr. King’s funeral that in 1969 earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography; hew was the first African-American to receive the honor.
Read more in the exhibition gallery guide.
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