Pictured on the right - In 1997, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. mounted a career retrospective on Parks, Half Past Autumn: The Art of Gordon Parks.
Article on Minnesota Relatives of Gordon Parks Planning Memorial Service - Pioneer Press - 11.29.06: twincities.com
Gordon Parks Half Past Autumn on PBS: pbs.org
Oakland Museum of CA: museumca.org
The History Makers: thehistorymakers.com
NPR news article on Gordon Parks death: npr.org
Gordon Parks. Photographer. Musician. Poet. Activist. Film Director. Rennaissance Man. Gordon Parks (November 30th, 1912 - March 7th, 2006) was born on this day in Fort Scott, Kansas. He became known a photographer for Life magazine, director of The Learning Tree and Shaft, and was called a "20th Century Renaissance Man" by the NAACP, who awarded him its Spingarn Medal in 1972.
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