lity, and the legal work of Thurgood
             Marshall in the NAACP, black Americans fought for, and won their god given
             rights. These rights had been denied them for too long. In addition, white
             Americans did not willingly open their hands and invite black Americans to
             join them in the cultural marketplace. No, the conflict continued through
             the sixties, and in someway is still evident in our culture today.
             Chronicling the monumentous changes in our country was Life Magazine.
             Like cultural events of every year, Life magazine's camera lens captured
             the triumph, pain, and change experiences by the country. Life magazine has
             long been the pinnacle of photographic journalism, and its work during the
             1960's forever captured the cultural war which erupted in the America's
             streets. Their lenses watched as black men lost their lives, and joined
             together to pursue what was rightfully theirs - equality. As the magazine
             reported on the event, it tried to create a handle which American's could
             grab hold of, and use to understand the conflict. Life's photographers
             picked pieces of American life, like red apples off the tree in August, and
             preserved them for generations to review, and gain an understanding of the
             racial hatred which was once a formally legalized aspect of American
             From the beginning of the 1963 issues of Life Magazine, it appears
             that the magazine didn't know how to address the issue. Like many American,
             the issue of black oppression was not a part of their everyday life.
             Unless residing in the south, or in a major urban center such as Chicago,
             Detroit, St. Louis, or New York, many Americans did not have any access and
             involvement with blacks. Separate but equal' statutes had performed their
             intended purpose, keeping black America and white America separate. (It
             should be noted that the system created two American experiences which were
             far from equal.) So when the first ...