Black in White America
Oct 01, 2020
2 minutes
BY KRIS MANTY
Photos are courtesy of Heritage Auctions
While in Germany in 1961 to photograph the building of the Berlin wall, photojournalist Leonard Freed noticed an African American soldier guarding the border. Struck by the fact that the man was risking his life to defend a country that limited his own rights, Freed was
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