Movements for Change: Bob Fitch Photographs

Watsonville’s own Bob Fitch began his career as a photojournalist in 1965. Trained as a minister, he joined the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s organization, The Southern Christian Leadership Conference. “Photojournalism seduced me,” said Fitch. “It was my way to support the organizing for social justice that was transforming history, our lives and future.” Fitch documented the U.S.’s civil rights movement in the South. These powerful images reveal how communities organized for the cause of freedom.

Bob Fitch continued to document nonviolent peace and social justice leaders and movements. He photographed local activists, including immigrant rights marches and war protests.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.