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Atomos Shogun Review/Dad’s Work as Civil Rights Reporter

Posted by on Apr 14, 2015 in Bill's journalism, MSM Blog, Videos

Atomos Shogun Review/Story of my Dad's work as a Civil Rights reporter from William A Clements on Vimeo.

Here's part of the powerful photo of Dad interviewing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., for the Chicago Daily News in April 1966 in Chicago's Marquette Park. My Dad was the first full-time civil rights in Chicago. The photographer was John White, a great photographer who went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Just a day or two later, Dr. King was injured when hit by a rock someone threw as he marched for racial equity in Chicago.

Here’s part of the powerful photo of Dad interviewing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., for the Chicago Daily News in April 1966 in Chicago’s Marquette Park. The photo hangs in the dinning room of the condo Julie and I share in Minneapolis. My Dad was the first full-time civil rights in Chicago. The photographer was John White, a great photographer who went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Just a day or two later, Dr. King was injured when hit by a rock someone threw as he marched for racial equity in Chicago.

I’ve got a little something unusual: A hybrid productive review/personal story video. Here’s a review of the terrific Atomos Shogun external monitor/recorder, as well as a story about my late my Dad’s pioneering work as a civil rights reporter in the 1960s in Dayton, Ohio, and Chicago. The review describes how the Shogun is a perfect complement for the personal video work I do. And the story focuses on Dad’s 1962 newspaper series on racism in the plumbers’ union in Dayton, as well as a powerful photo of Dad interviewing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Chicago in April 1966–a day or two before Dr. King was hit by a rock thrown during a civil rights protest march he was leading in Marquette Park. I get chills every time I look at that photo.

I hope you enjoy.

Bill