James Edward Bates photograph collection

Collection — Container: Small collections

Identifier: 2512

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The James Edward Bates Photographs include two 12" x 18" black and white photographs produced by Bates. One photograph depicts protesters at a rally in support of the Jena Six at the La Salle Parish Courthouse in Jena, Louisiana, on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 21, 2008. The second depicts an African-American bus driver escorting Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, North Mississippi White Knights and National Socialist Movement members following their protest of the renaming of three Memphis parks at the Shelby County Courthouse in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, on Saturday, March 30, 2013.

Dates

Created: 2008-2013
Other: Date acquired: 07/02/2014

Creator

Bates, James Edward (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright to these photographs has not been assigned to the Amistad Research Center. It is the responsibility of an author to secure permission for publication from the holder of the copyright to any material contained in this collection.

Biographical Note

James Edward Bates is an award-winning photographer working in the areas of photojournalism, documentary projects, and portraiture. Bates attended the University of Southern Mississippi, where he was influenced by photojournalism professor Ed Wheeler and LIFE magazine photojournalist Charles Moore. Bates' work has appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines. He was named a finalist in the international 2002 Gordon Parks Photography Competition and was part of the team of journalists from The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) that received the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. His most recent project is entitled "Passing the Torch: Documentary the 21st Century Ku Klux Klan," which has been exhibited in France, England, and Scotland.