The Picture Taker
Season 24 Episode 7 | 1h 25m 44s | Video has closed captioning.
The vibrant life of Ernest Withers—civil rights photographer, and FBI informant—was anything but black and white. From his Memphis studio, Withers' nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by decades of secret FBI service revealed only after his death. Was he a friend of the civil rights community, or enemy—or both?
Aired: 01/30/23
Expires: 01/30/26
