Two young black men pass Ku Klux Klan marchers in Salisbury, North Carolina, August 1964. Photo by Don Sturkey, ©2007 Endeavors; click to enlarge.
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The photography of Don Sturkey.
Carolina Faces: The Photography of Don Sturkey is an exhibit featuring thirty-nine shots by the longtime Charlotte Observer photographer. In 2005, Sturkey donated his archive of negatives to the university’s North Carolina Collection.
The photos are on display in Davis and Wilson libraries through May 31, 2007.
Work comes to a halt as shocked Observer newsroom staff members stand in front of a small television set placed on the city editor’s desk to watch coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, November 1963. Photo by Don Sturkey, ©2007 Endeavors magazine; click to enlarge.
A boy looks at the disarray in his family’s farm kitchen in Jones County in March 1969. Taken as part of the “Hunger in Our Midst” series on rural poverty in North Carolina. Photo by Don Sturkey, ©2007 Endeavors magazine; click to enlarge.
Mrs. Maude J. Baker of Denver, N.C., at the end of the day service at the Rock Spring Methodist Camp Meeting in Lincoln County, September 1962. Photo by Don Sturkey, ©2007 Endeavors magazine; click to enlarge.
