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Today is the centennial of Gordon Parks’s birth in Kansas. From humble roots, he taught himself photography and in turn taught America about the African-American experience. A man of many firsts — the first African-American staff photographer for Life, the first African-American to direct a major motion picture — he was as prolific as he was talented.
Today is the centennial of Gordon Parks’s birth in Kansas. From humble roots, he taught himself photography and in turn taught America about the African-American experience. A man of many firsts — the first African-American staff photographer for Life, the first African-American to direct a major motion picture — he was as prolific as he was talented.
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