Bill Hudson (August 20, 1932 – June 24, 2010) was an American

photojournalist Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such ...

for the

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who was best known for his photographs taken in the Southern United States during the

Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement was a nonviolent social and political movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized institutional Racial segregation in the United States, racial segregation, Racial discrimination ...

. The depictions of

police brutality Police brutality is the excessive and unwarranted use of force by law enforcement against an individual or a group. It is an extreme form of police misconduct and is a civil rights violation. Police brutality includes, but is not limited to, ...

against peaceful protesters that were seen in his widely published photographs helped push public support towards the goals of the civil rights movement. William Marvin Hudson was born in

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on August 20, 1932. He began his career as a photographer in 1949 when he joined the

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during the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

. He became a sergeant. After leaving military service, he worked as a photographer at the '' Press-Register'' of

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and '' The Chattanooga Times''.via

"Bill Hudson, a Photojournalist During the Civil Rights Era, Dies at 77"
, ''

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'', June 25, 2010. Accessed June 28, 2010. He was hired by the

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bureau of the

in 1962 and covered many widely reported events of the civil rights era, including protests — and the often-violent responses of the police — during the Birmingham campaign and in the

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. His wife recounted that Hudson had been the target of bricks and rocks thrown at him by those who did not want him to photograph the African-American protests and the encounters they had with the police. Phil Sandlin, a competing photographer for UPI, described Hudson as "probably the most feared photographer that I had to work against because he was very, very good". He took a photo on May 3, 1963, of Walter Gadsden, an African-American bystander who had been grabbed by a sunglasses-wearing police officer, while a German Shepherd lunged at his chest.Hailey, Foster
"DOGS AND HOSES REPULSE NEGROES AT BIRMINGHAM; 3 Students Bitten in Second Day of Demonstrations Against Segregation 250 MARCHERS SEIZED Robert Kennedy Fears Rise in Turmoil--Dr. King Says Protests Will Be Pressed Marchers Are Dispersed DOGS AND HOSES REPULSE NEGROES New Meetings Rumored Water Is Turned On"
, ''

'', May 4, 1963. Accessed June 28, 2010. The photo appeared above the fold, covering three columns in the next day's issue of ''

'', as well as in other newspapers nationwide. Author

Diane McWhorter Rebecca Diane McWhorter is an American journalist, commentator, and author who has written extensively about race and the history of civil rights. She won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize in 2002 for ...

wrote in her

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-winning 2001 book '' Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution'' that Hudson's photo that day drove "international opinion to the side of the civil rights revolution". Hudson joined

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in 1974. A resident of

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Ponte Vedra Beach is a wealthy unincorporated seaside community and suburb of Jacksonville, Florida in St. Johns County, Florida, United States. Located southeast of downtown Jacksonville and north of St. Augustine, it is part of the Jackso ...

, Hudson died at Baptist Medical Center Beaches on June 24, 2010, at age 77 due to

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.Sedensky, Matt via

"Bill Hudson; photojournalist chronicled civil rights era; at 77"
, ''

The Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...

'', June 26, 2010. Accessed June 28, 2010. He was survived by his wife, Patricia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hudson, Bill 1932 births 2010 deaths American photojournalists Associated Press reporters Artists from Detroit People from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida United States Army non-commissioned officers United States Army personnel of the Korean War

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