Ernest Withers- FBI Informant?!

Ernest Withers known for his photographs from the Civil Rights Movement was allegedly an FBI informant. Shocking as this is, it doesn't detract from his work. Some of Wither's photographs of notable musicians can be seen at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in the exhibit, "Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History 1955-Present" an exhibit organized by the Brooklyn Museum and guest curated by Gail Buckland. (Wither's photographs were added to the exhibit for Memphis, and are not traveling with the exhibit.)


For more information on the Ernest Withers/ FBI story visit:

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/famed-civil-rights-photographer-ernest-withers-exposed-as-fbi-informant/19632906



For more information on "Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History 1955-Present" visit:

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/rock_and_roll/

or

http://www.brooksmuseum.org/whoshotrock