Moore, Charles. Powerful Days: The Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore by Michael S. Durham.

Stewart, Tabori, and Chang, 1st edition, 1st printing, 1991. Introduction by Andrew Young. [Dramatic photographs of Martin Luther King, Ralph Abernathy, and other African Americans in action during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Moore's most famous photo is of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest on September 3, 1958.]  207 pages. Stiff wraps, near fine. Not to be confused with the later reprint.

On March 8, 1931, in Hackleburg, Alabama, a gifted photographer was born, Charles Moore, whose photographs of the Civil Rights movement between 1958 and the mid-1960s became memorable through Life magazine and other media.  Among other iconic images, the white Southerner captured Martin Luther King, Jr.’s arrest for loitering at the Montgomery courthouse in 1958; demonstrators being attacked by firemen using high pressure hoses; the march in Selma; and the riot when James Meredith integrated the University of Mississippi.  Moore began his career working for newspapers, then Life, but became a freelancer in 1962 for the Black Star agency, which sold many of his photos back to Life.  His work also appeared in photography annuals, including U.S. Camera 1955, Photography of the World ’64, and Popular Photography Annual 1965.  Later books about the history the Civil Rights movement featured his work, including Selma 1965: The March that Changed the South (1974) and Powerful Days... (1991). Moore died March 11, 2010, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.