Art Shay: Honor King, End Racism, march after assassination of Martin Luther King, 1968
Don E. Carleton: The Press and Photojournalism in 1968
Coincides with exhibition of photographs of historic events of 1968
Santa Fe--Monroe Gallery of
Photography, 112 Don Gaspar, is pleased to present a special Gallery discussion
with Don E. Carleton: “The Press and Photojournalism in 1968” on Friday, March
23, from 5-7 PM. The talk will start promptly at 5:30 PM in the gallery, seating
is limited and is first come, first seated.
The gallery discussion coincides
with the exhibition “1968: It Was Fifty Years Ago Today” . The year
1968 marked many changes for the United States. It signaled the end of the
Kennedy-Johnson presidencies, the pinnacle of the civil rights movement, the
beginning of Women’s rights and Gay rights, and the beginning of the end of the
war in Vietnam. More than that, it meant a change in public attitudes and beliefs.
Photojournalism had a dominating role in the shaping of public attitudes at the
time.
One of the consequences of the reporting in Vietnam was to make military leaders determined never to give journalists such free rein; the Nixon Presidency ushered in an era of press secrecy; photographs capturing anti-war protests, chaos outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and of the campaigns and assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy became iconic markers of the year. Dr. Carleton will discuss these topics and explore the importance of news and documentary photography in general as sources for historical research and for giving us a window into the past unequalled by other sources.
Dr. Don Carleton has been executive director of The University of Texas
at Austin's Dolph Briscoe Center for American History since its creation in
1991. Dr. Carleton has published and lectured extensively in the fields of historical
research, the history of broadcast journalism, and Twentieth Century U.S.
political history.
The exhibition continues through
April 15, 2018. Gallery hours are 10 to 5 daily. Admission is free.
