Howard Bingham: Photographer of Muhammad Ali & Black Power Movement Howard Bingham (May 29, 1939 – December 15, 2016) was a biographer of Muhammad Ali and a professional photographer whose work captured the spirit of the Civil Rights movement and cemented his place as one of America’s foremost chroniclers of social justice. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, the son of Willie Everrett—a minister and Pullman porter—Bingham's early life inst…