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A new exhibit opened this month at the Borrego Art Institute featuring the photography of the late Major Morris (1921-2016), a former Escondido resident and champion of diversity.
The exhibit, titled “Gettin’ Along,” includes a collection of 42 black-and-white documentary photographs, mostly taken from Boston to Philadelphia during the 1960s and 1970s, capturing scenes of inner-city life, such as culturally diverse children playing together and protest marches of the 1960s.
“In my photographic experience I have always been drawn to capturing images of what life was for me as I groped my way through an underprivileged youthful existence; what life continues to be for so many young people living in circumstances similar to those of my early childhood, and in capturing those images, expressing what I feel about the strength and beauty of those children who refuse to be victims,” Morris wrote at the beginning of his book, “Nurture Their Dreams,” published in 200