Trapped in black and white, historical figures often seem just that — historical. But colorized portraits remind us that these famous people from the past were real human beings with hopes, fears, and dreams. However, adding color to historical photos is easier said than done.
John Lewis
An iconic civil rights activist, John Lewis began fighting for the rights of African Americans in the late 1950s. Decades later, he would continue this fight as a congressman — despite the many challenges he faced along the way.
Here, he's pictured bloodied after an attack by segregationists in May 1961.
Lewis would face segregationists again on March 7, 1965, when he led marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Photos of state troopers attacking Lewis outraged the country. But Lewis knew that his work in the world of activism was far from over.
"I have been in some kind of fight — for freedom, equality, basic human rights — for nearly my entire life," John Lewis said, shortly before his death on July 17, 2020.
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