Mason doesn’t minimize the facts of flames and anger; he just urges the viewer not to fall into familiar fear-stoked tropes. In his work from New York, photographer Ruddy Roye seeks to convey the humanity of the people who are protesting, trying to help the viewer understand that this is part of a 400-year-old struggle to convey equal treatment for all.



The fundamental issues are the same, from a hoary tribute to the general who rebelled against America 160 years ago to the daylight suffocation of a man on a Minneapolis street last week, Mason writes: “Will the nation recognize the full humanity and citizenship of African Americans? Will the promise of democracy become real for