Gordon Parks' 1950s Photo Essay On Civil Rights-Era America Is As Relevant As Ever - HuffPo

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Gordon Parks' 1950s Photo Essay On Civil Rights-Era America Is As Relevant As Ever
The Huffington Post | By Priscilla Frank
Posted: 08/20/2014 8:55 am EDT Updated: 08/20/2014 12:59 pm EDT

An exhibition of Parks' rare color photographs, entitled "Gordon Parks: Segregation Story," will go on view this fall at The High Museum of Art in Atlanta. The photos capture a particularly disturbing moment in American history, captured via the lives of an African American family, the Thorntons, living under Jim Crow segregation in 1950s Alabama.

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[MuseRider]

1. He was around here

fairly often. He became good friends with a good friend of mine. I met him but did not know him.

His work was wonderful.

[WillyT]

2. More:

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Parks

[WillyT]

3. He Was One Of A Kind...

[MuseRider]

4. He certainly accomplished a lot

during his lifetime.