Irving Henry Webster Phillips Sr. or I. Henry Phillips, (January 16, 1920 – November 22, 1993) was a noted African-American photojournalist from Baltimore, Maryland.[1] In 1946, after serving in World War II[2] he became chief photographer at the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper.[3][4] Phillips Sr. covered local and national news events such as the 1963 March on Washington, five presidential elections, and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral.[3][4] He died in 1993 at age 73.[2]
References
- ↑ "Images Of Maryland, 1900-2000". Maryland Public Television. Maryland Public Television. 1999. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- 1 2 Kaltenbach, Chris. "For the Phillips family, 70 years of capturing Baltimore's African-American experience". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- 1 2 Company, Johnson Publishing (1993–1994). "Jet". Jet. December 27, 1993 - January 3, 1994: 16–17 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 McCauley, Mary Carole (March 30, 2018). "On the front lines: Baltimore photographers recall documenting 1968 riots". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Irving Henry Webster Phillips as listed in Baltimore City Historical Society History Honors Program – along with Jr and III.
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