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'Activists and Icons' at Holocaust Museum through June 23
2018-12-12
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"Activists and Icons: The Photographs of Steve Schapiro," an exhibit at Skokie's Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, will run through June 23, 2019.
Schapiro, a Chicago-based photographer, has works that have been featured in publications such as Life, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and numerous others. The exhibition's 46 large-format photographs tell the story of seminal moments in history from the March on Washington ( 1963 ) to Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign ( 1968 ).
Visit www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/activists-and-icons/ . |
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