Hickman, R. C., 1922-

R.C. Hickman was born in the small East Texas town of Mineola, Texas, in 1922. During the Great Depression, the young R.C. moved with his father and brother to Dallas, Texas to earn money for his family. Hickman attended Austin's Tillotson College until the onset of World War II. His interest in photography developed during the war, and he soon earned credentials to become an official army photographer. After the war's end, he returned to Dallas and began a professional career as a photographer at the Dallas Star Post and completed freelance work for Jet magazine. Hickman also visually documented unequal school conditions for the NAACP, where his work often led him into dangerous conditions during the fight to end segregation. Hickman resided in Dallas until his death in 2007.

From the guide to the R. C. Hickman Photographic Archive 85-43, 90-135, 85-152, 85-260, 86-301, 87-214, 88-164, 94-120., 1945-1970, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

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