Ernest C. Withers recorded important events in the Civil Rights Movement. He was a Photographer.
Ernest C. Withers first started taking pictures in the 8th grade when he got his first camera as a gift from his sister. When he went into the Army in 1943 he became a Military Photographer. Men within his squad would ask him to take pictures of them to send back home. Withers then opened a Photography business. He took pictures of Martin Luther King Jr, the Emmett Till trial, Satchel Paige, Brook Benton, Elvis, Issac Hayes and many other notable events and people. Ernest C Withers did not realize at the time that he was recording history, he was trying to make living to support his family.
Ernest C Wither departed this world in 2007 and left for the world to see history through pictures.
To learn more about Ernest C. Wither you can go to http://www.idvl.org/thehistorymakers/Bio639.html or just simply type in Ernest C. Wither on a search engine on the internet.
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