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Alma mater
  
Denver University

Name
  
Louise Martin

Born
  
January 9, 1914 (
1914-01-09
)

Died
  
July 15, 1995(1995-07-15) (aged 81)

Louise Ozelle Martin (1914–1995) was an African American professional photographer who received recognition for her photographs of Dr. Martin Luther King's funeral.

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Education

Martin left Texas to go to school in Chicago because colleges from the South had racial discrimination policies that did not allow black people to attend. She studied photography at the School of Institute in Chicago and at the American school of Photography. In 1946 she received a degree in photography from Denver University.

Career

Martin was an African American professional photographer who received recognition for her photographs of Dr. Martin Luther King's funeral. She had twenty-seven awards in photography by the early 1970s.

References

Louise Martin Wikipedia