I have never seen a color photo of the civil rights movement. Why?

[henslee]

I have seen color pics of WWII. It just seems weird.

[amerikat]

1. Maybe

Most photos of rallies and protests were taken by newspapers which were only black and white at that time. Color didn't come to new paper pics till later. Just a theory mind you.

[henslee]

2. I realized that... but I have seen color WWII fotos and 16 mm films.

And that was 10 years or so earlier. You'd think some stuff was shot on color.

[amerikat]

3. WW2 pics were taken by the military

They had the best and newest cameras.

[Capn Sunshine]

10. BTW, WW2 was 20 years earlier

:hi:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

4. It was all just black and white back then.

Hey, I'm sorry- YOU asked the question! :rofl:

[alphafemale]

9. There was a great Calvin & Hobbes toon about this subject.

:rofl:

[Elidor]

5. Only certain areas of the world had color back then

It was very expensive converting everything on earth to color, and as you might imagine, it took several years. Many economically stagnant areas were actually still in black and white until shortly before Nixon resigned.

[Montauk6]

6. Hope this helps

[henslee]

7. Montauk --- Good going.

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Magazines went to color in the '50s

Some even earlier. And Life ran many photos of the civil rights movement.

Some newspapers didn't make the conversion until well into the '90s. I worked for one.