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Ingram, a man who under the circumstances would be thoroughly excused for harboring mis- trust towards white men. The photographer also chronicled a highly unique event in 1952, a shoeshine contest attended by 12,000 people in Wilson, North Carolina. Two of those images are included in the book, and these, among others, serve in a way as subtext for the title of the book. Other examples of Zimmerman's rarified access include a photo of the Beatles on the set during their historic 1964 appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show," a candid shot of Liberace napping before a performance and a stirring image of Arthur Ashe with his arm around his weeping father after winning the US Open Tennis Championships. The photographs showcased in "America in Black and White" amount to an infinitesimal per- centage of the images that passed through John G. Zimmerman's lenses during his career. The Zimmerman Archive houses a great many, and many more are held by the publications he worked for, such as Sports Illustrated. John G. Zimmerman passed away in 2002, Shoeshine contest, Wilson, North Carolina, 1952. 168 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • W I N T E R 2 0 1 7 John G. Zimmerman passed away in 2002, but he left behind a masterfully photographed chronicle of 20th century American life. Photo: © John G. Zimmerman Archive