William Casby, who had been enslaved, was 106 when a famous photographer asked him to sit for a photo.
Good morning. Today we’ll look at a Richard Avedon photograph that traced a shameful arc in the nation’s history in a very personal way.
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Credit…The Richard Avedon Foundation, via Gagosian; Richard Avedon; William Casby, 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 into slavery, and descendants, Algiers, Louisiana, 1963

Credit…Laylah Amatullah Barrayn for The New York Times