Hickman, R. C., 1922-
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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)
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. After World War II, 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.
From the description of Hickman, R. C., photographic archive, 1945-1970. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 244191728
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 continues to reside in Dallas.
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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- Theater
- African Americans
- Aristocrat Drive-in
- Athletics
- Automobiles
- Automobiles
- Aviation
- Blacks
- Buildings, substandard
- Campaigns and elections
- Carver Memorial Park (Dallas cemetery)
- Cemeteries
- Children and youth
- Churches
- Civil rights
- Crime and criminals
- Dallas Eagles (baseball team)
- Dallas Star Post (newspaper)
- Dallas (Tex.)
- Dallas Zoo
- Demonstrations
- Empire Room (Dallas music hall)
- Fires and firefighting
- Forest Theater (Dallas)
- Good Street Baptist Church (Dallas)
- Green Cape Club (Dallas music hall)
- Hickman, R. C., 1922
- Holidays
- Houses and housing
- Integration and segregation
- Law enforcement
- Merchants and Stores
- Music and musicians
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Papa's Showland (Dallas music hall)
- Parades and processions
- Picnics and barbecues
- Restaurants, lunch rooms, and cafes
- Texas State Fair
- Tornadoes
- Weddings
- Automobiles
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