Naturally '62, and the Black is Beautiful movement it birthed, was a product of those teachings. Starting his photography career in the 1950s, Brathwaite's father became known as the keeper. He documented every step of the Black is Beautiful movement, the efforts of New York's Black activists and Black culture for decades. Photographer Kwame Brathwaite, pictured in a 1964 self-portrait.(Kwame Brathwaite/Philip Martin Gallery LA) He covered many different areas — politics, art, music and fashion — Brathwaite recalled, including the Rumble in the Jungle, a historic boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman held in Zaire. "Often people joke, if there was any event that was going on, he was there — almost to the point that he seemed like he had a clone because he was often out and about doing the work to document … African history, but ultimately American history."