Faithin Omaha eBook Collection

Download or read book The Black Experience Through the Lens of Rudy Smith written by Kristine Gerber and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a career that started in 1963, the year Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech, and ended in 2008, right after Barack Obama was elected president, photographer Rudy Smith has the unique perspective of living, making and capturing history. The book highlights his work chronicling Omaha's black community. Included is over 300 photos from sports icons Bob Gibson, Bob Boozer, Marlin Briscoe, Johnny Rodgers and Gale Sayers to musicians B.B. King, Dizzy Gillespie and Gladys Knight to the 1960s civil rights riots and the joys and struggles in North Omaha.