Biography of ernest c withers photography

Since the news about Withers being an informant broke in 2010, it's been received with mixed feelings.

Biography of ernest c withers photography

Some civil rights leaders felt that they were betrayed and their confidence abused. Others, like Ambassador Andrew Young, who was a lieutenant of MLK, told The New Yorker that he's not surprised by Withers' double life because at the time they felt the FBI bugged everything, but they didn't suspect Withers himself.

The late Dr.

Manning Marable, who was the founding director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia University and one most prestigious scholars on the Black American experience, also reserved judgment when he spoke to The New Yorker in 2010.

"It's important to remember the time within which he lived, and the inordinate pressure to inform," he said.

"The best thing we can say about Withers is that he played a dual role, as an informant who undoubtedly dis