Don Hogan Charles, Lauded Photographer of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 79

FILE -- Rep. Edward I. Koch (D-N.Y.) carrying signatures in support of his mayoral candidacy into the Board of Elections headquarters in New York, July 7, 1977. He would survive a crowded Democratic primary race before winning New York City’s general election. The photographer Don Hogan Charles, who in more than four decades at The Times may best be remembered for his photographs of key moments and figures of the civil rights era, died Dec. 15, 2017, at the age of 79. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)