Biography Brings Life of Photographer Russell Lee Out of Shadows, Drawing on Library's Photography Archive
March 02, 2021
March 02, 2021
WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The Library of Congress issued the following news:
His photographs are mainstays in popular culture: The iconic shot of a young Black man drinking from a water cooler marked "colored" was featured in Stephen Colbert's June 1, 2020, "Late Show" monologue on racial injustice. Millions of "Cheers" viewers saw his photo of cheerful patrons in a Depression-era Minnesota saloon in the opening credits. Microsoft offered his 1939 photo of . . .
His photographs are mainstays in popular culture: The iconic shot of a young Black man drinking from a water cooler marked "colored" was featured in Stephen Colbert's June 1, 2020, "Late Show" monologue on racial injustice. Millions of "Cheers" viewers saw his photo of cheerful patrons in a Depression-era Minnesota saloon in the opening credits. Microsoft offered his 1939 photo of . . .