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N.Y. Times Brass Missing at Pioneer Black Photographer’s Funeral
About 60 or 70 people paid tribute Saturday at services for Don Hogan Charles, who played a historic role at the New York Times as its first black photographer, but “there were no senior management representatives present from either the Photo Desk or corporate,” former Times photographer Chester Higgins Jr. told Journal-isms on Sunday. “I’m…
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Photographer Don Hogan Charles, Who Shot Iconic Photo of Malcolm X at His Window, Has Died
The first black staff photographer hired at the New York Times, Don Hogan Charles, the man who shot the iconic photo of Malcolm X at a window with a rifle, has died. Former New York Times staff writer Rachel Swarns tweeted the news Sunday afternoon, prompting many of us to wonder where the Times obituary…

