Civil rights photojournalist and "photo historian" Ernest C. Withers talks about his picture of Rev. Martin Luther King, right, during a presentation of images from his 70 year career, at a special award ceremony at Parsons School of Design in New York, Monday, Feb. 14, 2005. Withers, 83, who lived in his hometown of Memphis,Tenn., received the National Association of Black Journalist's Trailblazer Award for a lifetime achievement in photojournalism. Many historians credit Withers' photographs of the Emmett Till trial as the spark that ignited the civil rights movement.

Children huddle in the entrance of a tent during 1960 in Tent City near Somerville, Tenn. Tent City was home to black sharecroppers who were kicked-off white-owned lands in 1960 because blacks were registering to vote. Pipe at top is from a stove in the tent.