{"id":10523,"date":"2020-07-20T06:28:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T11:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/?p=10523"},"modified":"2022-01-02T07:35:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T12:35:26","slug":"a-picture-is-greater-than-946-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/?p=10523","title":{"rendered":"A picture is worth at least 946 words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;The past is never dead. It&#8217;s not even past.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;William Faulkner, <em>Requiem for a Nun<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The camera is the eye of history.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;Mathew Brady<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-petition-in-full-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-petition-in-full-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-petition-in-full-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-petition-in-full-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-petition-in-full-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-petition-in-full-2048x1151.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-petition-in-full-1000x562.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The entire collection of pages and signatures from the Statement of Attitude (1957)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-10525\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-page-of-the-petition-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-page-of-the-petition-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-page-of-the-petition-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-page-of-the-petition-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-page-of-the-petition-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-page-of-the-petition-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-page-of-the-petition-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\n<figcaption>The first page of signatures from the Statement of Attitude (Bill Floyd, SA President, is #1)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bill-Floyds-letter-to-Harding-Admin-and-Board-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bill-Floyds-letter-to-Harding-Admin-and-Board-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bill-Floyds-letter-to-Harding-Admin-and-Board-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bill-Floyds-letter-to-Harding-Admin-and-Board-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bill-Floyds-letter-to-Harding-Admin-and-Board-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bill-Floyds-letter-to-Harding-Admin-and-Board-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bill-Floyds-letter-to-Harding-Admin-and-Board-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Bill Floyd&#8217;s letter to the Harding administration and Board of Trustees <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Note-From-Benson-to-OBanion-to-count-names-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10527\" 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height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Benson-first-chapel-response-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Benson-first-chapel-response-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Benson-first-chapel-response-177x250.jpg 177w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Benson-first-chapel-response-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Benson-first-chapel-response-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Benson-first-chapel-response-1447x2048.jpg 1447w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Benson-first-chapel-response-424x600.jpg 424w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Benson-first-chapel-response.jpg 1564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption>First page of Dr. Benson&#8217;s first chapel talk (1-11-58) addressing the Statement of Attitude and the &#8220;Negro Question&#8221; <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Black-birds-Blue-birds-Blue-Jays-Mockingbirds-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Black-birds-Blue-birds-Blue-Jays-Mockingbirds-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Black-birds-Blue-birds-Blue-Jays-Mockingbirds-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Black-birds-Blue-birds-Blue-Jays-Mockingbirds-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Black-birds-Blue-birds-Blue-Jays-Mockingbirds-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Black-birds-Blue-birds-Blue-Jays-Mockingbirds-450x600.jpg 450w, 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