Will Counts
Will Counts | |
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| Born | Ira Wilmer Counts Jr. August 24, 1931 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | October 6, 2001 (aged 70) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
Ira Wilmer Counts Jr. (August 24, 1931 — October 6, 2001), known as Will Counts, was an American photojournalist most known for drawing the nation's attention to the desegregation crisis that was happening at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. Documenting the integration effort in the 1950s, he captured the harassment and violence that African Americans in the South were facing at this time. He was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for these photographs.