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The Contemporary College Student Podcast
Episode 13

Season 2: The Photograph

Michelle Boettcher published on

In the spring of 2016, a group of African American women cadets at West Point posed for a photo in their uniforms with their fists raised. What happened when the photo was shared is an example of how different people interpret a single photograph in a variety of ways.

Additional Resources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/us/raised-fist-photo-by-black-women-at-west-point-spurs-inquiry.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/05/09/photo-of-black-west-point-cadets-raising-their-fists-prompts-military-academy-investigation/?utm_term=.8522ca62cd9c

https://www.facebook.com/notes/mary-tobin/this-is-not-about-a-fist/10153499718340936/

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2016/05/11/qa-west-point-grad-mary-tobin-on-being-a-black-woman-at-the-u.s.-military-academy

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