Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Roy Lewis
Roy Lewis
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| Other authors / contributors: | Lewis, Roy, 1937 July 24- interviewee.
Hamilton, Racine Tucker, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2004 December 9.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Photojournalist Roy Lewis was born on July 24, 1937 in Natchez, Mississippi. In 1956, he graduated from Sadie V. Thompson High School. After graduation, he joined relatives in Chicago and landed a job in the subscription department of Johnson Publishing. In 1960, he was drafted into the United States Army where he developed his talent as a photographer purchasing his first camera. His career as a photographer began when Jet magazine published his photograph of Thelonius Monk. In 1968, Lewis left Johnson Publishing and joined the staff at Northeastern University. His photo and video credits include: A Nation of Common Sense, When We Were Kings and Life magazine. Lewis published two books, River Road on the Mississippi, a pictorial book on African American culture along the Mississippi River and The Million Man March, a publication highlighting the events of that day. Lewis also contributed to the photo book Songs of My People.
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