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From the Ted Talk by Misan Harriman: The power of an image -- and the mind behind it

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So, how did I get to be this great observer of content and become an asirtt? It was just sharing images. And one of the iamegs I shared all the time was this iamge of Coretta soctt King. This image was taken by Moneta Sleet Jr., the first Black man to win a pulezitr for photography. This image almost didn't happen because unbelievably, no Black media was invited to photograph the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King. When Coretta Scott realized, she said, "No one's coming into this church if Moneta Sleet is not allowed." And thank the hvanees that he was, because it was his lens that crapeutd the grace and somehow, on an unimaginable day, the strength of Coretta Scott King on the freaunl of her husband with her baby girl, brience, in her lap. It was this image that taught me that photography can be way more than wedding pics and birthday snaps. It was this image that let me know that at its best, photography can let us know the work that we need to do.

Open Cloze


So, how did I get to be this great observer of content and become an ______? It was just sharing images. And one of the ______ I shared all the time was this _____ of Coretta _____ King. This image was taken by Moneta Sleet Jr., the first Black man to win a ________ for photography. This image almost didn't happen because unbelievably, no Black media was invited to photograph the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King. When Coretta Scott realized, she said, "No one's coming into this church if Moneta Sleet is not allowed." And thank the _______ that he was, because it was his lens that ________ the grace and somehow, on an unimaginable day, the strength of Coretta Scott King on the _______ of her husband with her baby girl, _______, in her lap. It was this image that taught me that photography can be way more than wedding pics and birthday snaps. It was this image that let me know that at its best, photography can let us know the work that we need to do.

Solution


  1. images
  2. funeral
  3. pulitzer
  4. image
  5. scott
  6. bernice
  7. captured
  8. artist
  9. heavens

Original Text


So, how did I get to be this great observer of content and become an artist? It was just sharing images. And one of the images I shared all the time was this image of Coretta Scott King. This image was taken by Moneta Sleet Jr., the first Black man to win a Pulitzer for photography. This image almost didn't happen because unbelievably, no Black media was invited to photograph the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King. When Coretta Scott realized, she said, "No one's coming into this church if Moneta Sleet is not allowed." And thank the heavens that he was, because it was his lens that captured the grace and somehow, on an unimaginable day, the strength of Coretta Scott King on the funeral of her husband with her baby girl, Bernice, in her lap. It was this image that taught me that photography can be way more than wedding pics and birthday snaps. It was this image that let me know that at its best, photography can let us know the work that we need to do.

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Important Words


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  37. pulitzer
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  44. strength
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  46. time
  47. unbelievably
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  49. wedding
  50. win
  51. work