Quantcast

Subscribe

Christina Smith photographs Ayden Smith, 9, for her Black History Month portrait project in Battle Creek, Mich., on Feb. 11. Ayden was costumed as the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. In 1967, he became the first Black on the nation’s highest court.

Christina Smith photographs Ayden Smith, 9, for her Black History Month portrait project in Battle Creek, Mich., on Feb. 11. Ayden was costumed as the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. In 1967, he became the first Black on the nation’s highest court.

Stories this photo appears in:

Tease photo

Learning Black history through portrayal

A judge, an inventor and a cheerleader strolled into Christina Smith’s photog- raphy studio in downtown Battle Creek recently.