 Hickman (born Rufus Cornelius Hickman; c. 1922 – December 1 2007) was an American photographer, photojournalist and circulation manager, known for his photographs of the Civil Rights Movement.Hickman's work includes documenting the Mansfield school desegregation incident, as well as the visitation of people such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Ella Fitzgerald in Dallas, Texas.For many decades he worked as a photographer for the "Dallas Star Post" (an African-American-owned newspaper) as well as freelancing for "Jet, Ebony" and an array of other African-American magazine publications"."