MLK Day and Barack Obama

Back in the 1990's I was a photo assistant in NYC and I was honored to assist on a cover photo shoot for Upscale Magazine featuring three incredible women. Myrlie Evers-Williams, Coretta Scott King and Betty Shabazz, the widows of Medgar Evers, Dr. Martin Luther King jr. and Malcolm X. The photographer I was assisting that day was J. Van Evers, son of Medgar Evers.

I was told that this was the first time these women had been together in one place, it may well have also been the last, as Betty Shabazz died not long after.

I am so proud to have been involved with that photo shoot

I was equally as proud to be involved in the Dr. Martin Luther King jr. celebrations this weekend at Collin College, and that tomorrow the first African American president will be sworn in in Washington D.C.

We've come a long way, let's keep it up!

P.S. Unfortunately I have been unable to find a copy of that photo to link to...