Robert Fletcher (photographer)

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Robert Fletcher
Born1938 (age 87–88)
Detroit, Michigan
Known for Photography

Robert Fletcher (born 1938) is an American photographer, filmmaker, writer, and educator. He is known for his photographs of the activities of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). [1]

Fletcher was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1938. He attended Fisk University and Wayne State University. In 1964 he became the photographer for SNCC. [2]

Fletcher's work has been included in major Black photojournalism exhibits including the 1980 Smithsonian exhibition We'll Never Turn Back, [3] [2] and the traveling exhibition This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement. [4] [5]

Fletcher's work was included in the 2025 exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 at the National Gallery of Art. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Bobby Fletcher". SNCC Digital Gateway. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Robert Fletcher civil rights collection 1962-1967". New York Public Library. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Civil Rights Photography Exhibit, NMHT Opens". Smithsonian Institution Archives. 2 February 1980. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Exhibition Celebrates Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement". Sightlines. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement". Center for Documentary Expression and Ar. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  6. ↑ Brookman, Philip; Willis, Deborah (2025). Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985. New Haven London: Yale University Press. p. 255. ISBN   9780300283501.
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