NEGRO LIFE IN AMERICA IN THE 1940's

 

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Life magazine never published the Parks story. So here, 65 years later, Parks' perspective finally sees the light of day.

Photographer Gordon Parks' hunt for childhood friends reveals 1940s black life under segregation

One of the most celebrated African-American artists of his time, Gordon Parks, is the subject of a photography exhibition at the...

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