Fitch is best known for his work that captured iconic images of major figures of the Civil Rights Movement and peace and social justice movements, such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Cesar Chavez, and Dorothy Day.

Robert De Witt Fitch, known as Bob Fitch, (1939–2016) was an American photographer during the civil rights movement. [1][2][3] Robert De Witt Fitch was born on July 20, 1939, in Los Angeles, California. His parents were Robert Fitch and Marion Weeks De Witt.

Following the death of the Rev. Martin Luther in 1968, activist photographer Bob Fitch renewed his commitment to document nonviolent peace and social justice leaders and movements, traveling to Delano, California to photograph Cesar Chavez and …

Bob Fitch was a leading social movement photojournalist. His photographs were used to promote civil rights, labor rights, and war resistance movements. Bob Fitch devoted his life to community organizing for multiracial democracy after reading James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time.

May 9, 2016 · Bob is best known for his images of social justice movements during the 1960s and 1970s and especially for his images of Martin Luther King, Jr., taken while he served as staff photographer for King's Southern Christian Leadership …

Movements for Change contains iconic images of the movements for civil rights and social justice by Watsonville, California photographer Bob Fitch, spanning the period 1965-present, and includes images of Martin Luther King, Jr., Cesar Chavez, and Dorothy Day, among others.

May 4, 2016 · Bob Fitch, a self-taught photojournalist whose images chronicled America’s deep-seated ambivalence over civil rights and illustrated the passion underscoring other protest movements since the...

Robert E. Fitch (July 28, 1919 – April 15, 2003) [1] was an American athlete and coach. He broke the world record in the discus throw in 1946 with a mark of 54.93 m (180 ft 23⁄4 in). He developed a rotational technique referred to as the "Minnesota Whip" and delivered a …

Civil rights photographer Bob Fitch died of complications from Parkinson's disease at his home in Watsonville, CA on April 29, 2016. As he anticipated his passing, he generously donated his extensive archives to the Stanford University Libraries under the condition that they be made free and downloadable to all.

May 22, 2012 · And, as Bob Fitch liked to say, vulgar Marxism explains 90% of what goes on in the world. New York Ascendant did allow for a smallish manufacturing sector—a specialized one, tied to dominant industries, like “very high-end fashion,” serving the local design talent, and costume making for the theater.