Stephen Somerstein is a retired physicist who spent many years working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. But long before he devoted his days to researching the interactions of atomic nuclei, he was an editor and photographer for New York's City College newspaper. It was then, as a university student, that he wound his way to the great Selma-to-Montgomery Civil Rights March in January 1965. Things Go Better With Coke sign and multi-generational family watching marchers, 1965 I...
How A Physicist From New York Ended Up Capturing Some Of The Most Iconic Civil Rights Images
The Huffington Post - 19 Jan 2015 17:59
Stephen Somerstein is a retired physicist who spent many years working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. But long before he devoted his days to researching the interactions of atomic nuclei, he was an editor and photographer for New York's City College newspaper. It was then, as a university student, that he wound his way to the great Selma-to-Montgomery Civil Rights March in January 1965. Things Go Better With Coke sign and multi-generational family watching marchers, 1965 I...
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