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We weren't seen as American citizens petitioning our government.

— Chester Higgins Jr.

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The Spirit brought this man into my life, the door opens and here he is.

There's this Black man who's standing in a very calm, still position.

Viewed his job as a calling and the taking of photographs as a sacrament.

My overall assignment was to create a visual encyclopedia of the life and times of people of African descent.

I wanted to have my images on the world stage.

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