https://www.newyorker.com/news/afterword/the-photographer-of-the-black-is-beautiful-movement

Kwame Brathwaite (1938-2023). Photographer.

"Brathwaite is sometimes credited with coining the phrase “Black is beautiful” (he didn’t, but he helped popularize it), and he was instrumental in realizing that making fashion more reflective of Black culture was as integral to racial equity as was more explicit social activism."

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New on ctproduced, The passing of Kwame Brathwaite. Rather than just make the same notes as everyone else, I tried to make it relevant and interesting.

I've got a uncredited album picture, two covers and details about George Benson "Live At Carnegie Hall" album that you won't read anywhere else.

https://www.ctproduced.com/kwame-brathwaite/

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Some will recognize the name. Kwame Brathwaite, photographer and activist, thank you for the work. Rest in peace.

No paywall.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/arts/kwame-brathwaite-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=lFxz12TEJuSmOQ9nfKCaQ_85oDIA_Ertq2P3OrKTmSdGctHolObczUp6Dl4lpUexqkRK4iggxI5Z6mqEhSiumi43fzAiQ5nbUM4qK_f4qcbnJW1FkkU1h0rg2H38xducBGVW6wqYsQHzthMod_kGXXXLdejHbcwZWwNUBy75nWnJO7ZMgYk8F56AVyMSxufpQ62s1XPJxX8XqREH5pqc-vxOZerZ6AbVhXBPuljZ0t5ath7bQLCFOnBr9GJAUxl7WnzsCW8lUmIPjs3g1DbeqpZJyOIK7FRPcNzOnd9lNaIEi-Pd0DC8EwZqHBQyU6KtpjmfIU8aW9-u5sat&smid=url-share

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#RIP #KwameBrathwaite

Obituaries
'Black is Beautiful' photographer Kwame Brathwaite has died at 85

April 4, 20231:22 PM ET

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/04/1167908950/kwame-brathwaite-obituary-black-is-beautiful