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One of Moore’s May 3, 1963 photographs of the Children’s Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama

Katherine Bussard, who is the curator of photography at the Princeton University Art Museum, writes about street photography during civil rights struggle. In her book “Unfamiliar Streets: the photography of Richard Avedon, Charles Moore, Martha Rosler, and Philip-Lorca diCorcia” she discusses Moore’s famous photo of the Birmingham demonstrations, “They Fight a Fire That Won’t Go Out.” A link to some information here.