Louis Lomax
ClassificationsPhotographs-gelatin silver prints
DateFebruary 1968
Made AtLos Angeles, California, United States, North America
MediumGelatin silver print on ektalure paper
Dimensions16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Leigh A. Wiener. ©Leigh Wiener / 7410 Inc. All rights reserved
Object number87.6.43
DescriptionThis photograph of American journalist, author, and civil rights activist Louis Lomax was taken by photographer Leigh A. Wiener in his studio for an advertisement in the New York Times.Lomax was the first African-American television journalist, and is well-known for producing a five-part documentary series on the Black nationalist organization Nation of Islam, titled The Hate That Hate Produced, which became the first introduction for many white people to Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X.
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July 1981
1882-1900
September 1960
1968
June 1976
October 1968
late 19th century
June 1968
1936-1949