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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Howard Theater. I used to catch them at the Howard Theater in the fifties when they were performing this song. Just when you thought Ray Charles was going to fall off his seat, he would lean into the mike and really get into the music. They Raelettes were always as fine as they wanted to be. May 17, 1980., Milton Williams, Moments in Time, 1973-1993 (Nashville: James C. Winston Publishing Co., 1996), 45.

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Howard Theatre, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Monique fixes her doll’s hair on her babysitter’s doorstep. I never did find out what her last name was. She was only there for that day, and the babysitter never could tell me the little girl’s surname. I had just finished covering Terrence Johnson going to prison in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. On my way home I saw this child playing with a black doll. That caught my immediate attention because I had just finished reading Simple Injustice, in which Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Clark’s research with black and white children revealed that children of both races prefer white dolls over black ones. So I was naturally glad to see this little girl with her black doll. This is one of my all-time favorite photographs. It won first place in the Beijing, China/Washington, D.C. sister city photography exhibition in Beijing in 1985. I am hoping that the young lady pictured here will see her photograph in this book and then try to contact me. I have this picture framed and waiting for her. September 21, 1979., Milton Williams, Moments in Time, 1973-1993 (Nashville: James C. Winston Publishing Co., 1996), 156.

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

Place

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

Place

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

Place

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

Place

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Mrs. Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and Maurice Sorell, A Johnson Publishing Company staff photographer, pose at the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) 150th anniversary reception at the National Press Club., Sorrell photographed Justice Marshall and the civil rights movement from the fifties through the nineties for Jet and Ebony magazines. Sorrell also photographed Justice Marshall's funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington. March 1977., Williams, Milton. Moments in Time 1973-1993 (Nashville, Tennessee: James C. Winston Publishing Company, Inc., 1996), 112.

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Walter C. Pierce Community Park, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Meridian Hill Park, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

Place

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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The National Park Service unveils the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) Mary McLeod Bethune memorial statue in Lincoln Park [between Northeast and Southeast] Washington. I climbed up some Park Service scaffolding to get this shot. The workers looked the other way—they knew I wasn’t supposed to be up there. I got the best photos that day., Milton Williams, Moments in Time, 1973-1993 (Nashville: James C. Winston Publishing Co., 1996), 51.

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Lincoln Park, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

Place

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

Place

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

Place

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Singer Donnie Hathaway at the Last Hurrah nightclub performing ‘Someday We’ll Be Free’ from his 1973 Extension of a Man album. September 1977., Milton Williams, Moments in Time, 1973-1993 (Nashville: James C. Winston Publishing Co., 1996), 36.

Place

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Singer Al Green performing ‘Tired of Being Alone’ during the Kool Jazz Festival at RFK stadium in Washington. July 31, 1976., Milton Williams, Moments in Time, 1973-1993 (Nashville: James C. Winston Publishing Co., 1996), 35.

Place

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

Place

LeDroit Park, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

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Attorney, author, scholar, and Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray, the first black female Episcopal Church deacon. In January of 1977, she was ordained as the first black female Episcopal priest. She is pictured here in her study in her Arlington, Virginia apartment. December 22, 1976., Milton Williams, Moments in Time, 1973-1993 (Nashville: James C. Winston Publishing Co., 1996), 110.

Place

Arlington County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America