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Jim Alexander with Gordon Parks

Jim Alexander (left) with Gordon Parks at Clark College, Atlanta. Photograph by Jim Alexander, February 8, 1988. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gordon Parks at the Civil Rights March on Washington

Gordon Parks at the Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1963. National Archives via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

College football players

Football players at Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photograph by Gordon Parks, 1943. Public domain.

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes photographed by Gordon Parks, 1943. Wikimedia Commons via Library of Congress. Public domain.

Students and teacher in home economics class

Students and their teacher in a home economics class, Daytona Beach Florida. Photograph by Gordon Parks, 1943. Wikimedia Commons via Library of Congress. Public domain.

Richard Wright

Richard Wright photographed by Gordon Parks, May 1943. Wikimedia Commons via Library of Congress. Public domain.

“A young boy who lives near the nation’s capital”

“A young boy who lives near the nation’s capital.” Photograph by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information, June 1942. Public domain.

“American Gothic”

“American Gothic,” a photograph of government janitorial worker Ella Watson by Gordon Parks, Washington, DC, 1942. Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks in Washington, DC, on September 12, 2000. Photograph by John Matthew Smith. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gordon Parks was a world-renowned photographer, musician, film director, composer, author, and social justice activist. Best known for his documentary photojournalism that explored the impact of poverty and racial discrimination on communities of color, Parks took photographs that appeared in many news and fashion publications, including Vogue and Life. He was the first African American to write, produce, and direct major motion pictures.

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