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Passings: Matt Herron, Chronicler of the Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 89

By David Schonauer   Friday August 14, 2020

Matt Herron, a photojournalist who vividly memorialized the most portentous and promising moments from the front lines of the 1960s civil rights movement in the Deep South, died on August 7 when a glider he was piloting crashed in Northern California, notes The New York Times. He was 89. A …

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