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This book was purchased with great expectation that Moneta Sleet, Jr. was the photographer of the cover photograph on the November 10, 1955, issue of Jet Magazine. The photograph featured a 12-year-old, Gloria Lockerman holding a black doll. Miss Lockerman was the then recent winner of the $64,000 Question game show. As a black-doll enthusiast and historian, my interest in buying this book was chiefly focused on obtaining the identification of the doll. Unfortunately, the photograph and information about it were not included in Special Moments in African-American History, which focuses on the photographic works of Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography-winner, Moneta Sleet, Jr. Readers may not know the man, who behind cameras for 41 years captured outstanding photographs for Ebony Magazine columns such as “Date with a Dish.” However, his photographs (particularly the cover photo of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s widow, Coretta Scott King, as she comforts her restless daughter, Bernice King during King's memorial services) either have or will become engraved in readers’ memories for time immemorial. Written three years posthumous in the voice of Moneta Sleet, Jr., the color and black and white photos and their captions introduce readers to the man, his photographic genius, his love for family and mankind, and his life’s work. His captured moments of African American historical events, such as the funerals of Dr. King and Malcolm X, photographs of entertainers and dignitaries, allow Sleet and his subjects to live forever. Although I am still searching for the identity of the black doll held by Gloria Lockerman, I thoroughly enjoyed this coffee table-style book that chronicles the life work of a remarkably talented African American photographer.Read full review
The photos are historical.
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