Posts Tagged ‘civil rights’
Photographer Maria Varela Reflects On Her Work Covering The Civil Rights Movement
November 24, 2017 – Mexican-American photographer Maria Varela was present at some of the most dramatic moments of the Civil Rights Movement. She captured images of voting rights demonstrations in Alabama and efforts to create Head Start programs in poor, rural areas of the American South. The Albuquerque resident’s work was the subject of photography…
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This week on New Mexico in Focus, in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday we’re bringing you some of our favorite interviews and stories from the past year. Correspondent Russell Contreras sat down in May with photographer and New Mexico resident Maria Varela to talk about her experience photographing voting rights demonstrations in Alabama. Varela also…
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