Theodore Gaffney witnessed some of the most consequential moments in history. The photographer was perhaps best known for an assignment he undertook in 1961: documenting the Freedom Riders as they journeyed to the Deep South to challenge racial segregation
He served in the US Army during World War II. One of the first black photographers in the White House, he took photos of US Presidents Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, as well as Queen Elizabeth II.But he was perhaps best known for an assignment he undertook for Jet Magazine in 1961: documenting the Freedom Riders as they journeyed to the Deep South to challenge racial segregation.
Hide Caption 13 of 13On May 4, 1961, a group of activists, along with Booker and Gaffney, boarded a Greyhound bus from Washington D.C. with the goal of reaching New Orleans. Gaffney told PBS interviewer Stanley Nelson that he kept his distance from the Freedom Riders during the trip, wary of the risks that came with carrying a camera."I didn't want anybody to know I was a photographer either," Gaffney said in the interview.
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