Throughout her quarter century in photojournalism Susan Fried has captured stirring images of Black luminaries as they visited the Emerald City.
In honor of Black History Month, she’s selected 29 pictures from her photo collection to celebrate 29 days of Black history.
Nelson Mandela, 1999Alice Walker, 2001August Wilson (and daughter), 1999Coretta Scott King, 1999Dick Gregory, 1999Faye Wattleton, 1991Walter Mosley, 1998Janelle Monáe, 2009Desmond Tutu (with the Dali Lama), 2008Stacy Abrams, 2019Bill Holloman, 2001Angela Davis, 2017Harold Mills, 2000Nikki Giovanni, 2003Eddie Robinson, 1998Halle Berry, 1999Spike Lee, 2009Pat Wright, 2018Michael Bennett, 2017Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, 2001Michelle Alexander, 2011Gary Payton, 1998Ernestine Anderson, 2002Barack Obama, 2006Kathleen Cleaver, 2015Magic Johnson, 2000Ilyasha Shabazz, 2017Elijah Cummings, 2004Angela Rye, 2017
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Marcus Harrison Green