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Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and filmmaker, who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African Americans—and in glamour photography.
Birth name: Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks; Gordon Alexander Buchanan Parks; Gordon Alexander Parks; Gordon A. Parks Description American film director, photographer, actor, photojournalist, screenwriter and journalist
The portrait is commonly displayed as a symbol of student protest and revolutionary movements, and has appeared on clothing and other merchandise. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] [ 55 ] [ s 1 ] [ s 2 ] [ s 3 ] [ s 4 ] [ s 6 ]
Red Jackson was an athlete at the segregated Douglass High School and Kentucky State College who came home to teach, coach and work for civil rights. Black History Month: Red Jackson left an ...
Stunning black-and-white images from over 70 years ago show what life used to be like in one of Manhattan's most famous neighborhoods.
The re-release and exhibition of Gordon Parks’ “Born Black” bring new relevance to the famed photographer’s perspective on Black American […] The post ‘Born Black’: A new exhibition ...
Songs of My People was a book, exhibition and multimedia project created and edited by organizers Eric Easter, Dudley M. Brooks and D. Michael Cheers. [1] The book was published in February 1992 by Little, Brown, with an introduction by famed African American photographer Gordon Parks.
Ella Watson (March 27/29, 1883 – April 3, 1980) was an American janitor and charwoman who was famously the subject of Gordon Parks' photographic series including American Gothic in 1942, among at least 90 other photographs. [1] According to the Gordon Parks Foundation, "Parks asked if he could take Watson’s picture.