Maria Varela: Civil Rights Photographer

📸 taken in 1968 by Mexican-American civil rights organizer, educator, writer, and photographer, Maria Varela. Discontented with white middle-class portrayals in literature and media, Maria began creating materials that reflected Black and Brown communities. Maria was one of the few Latina 📸 photographers involved in the Black Civil Rights Movement and later the Chicano movement. ✍🏽 “To me, allyship means; “He who has the spotlight needs to share the light.” – Mujer Poderosa, Maria Varela.