Today's show featured a conversation with MacArthur Fellow Deborah Willis, who is currently displaying a portrait collection of celebrated African Americans at New York's International Center of Photography.
Titled, "Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits," the exhibition of 100 photos aims to show how blacks resisted negative stereotypes in mainstream culture.
One particulary riveting photo in the display is of a young, smiling Rosa Parks.
"We hear the name Rosa Parks, and we know that she has resisted in many ways," Willis told NPR's Tony Cox. "But when she was photographed in 1955 ... she was just beginning her interest in community activism. In her eyes, there is a sense of determination."
Read more about the exhibition and check out a video montage — produced by Roy Hurst of "News & Notes" — which features the photo of Rosa Parks and others.
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