Gordon Parks' photography masterfully captured the range of Black life in America

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Gordon Parks' photography masterfully captured the range of Black life in America
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One of the country's most celebrated photographers, Gordon Parks used his camera as a weapon against racial injustice. Howard University has recently acquired more than 250 of Parks' images.

magazine published a multipage photo spread titled"Harlem Gang Leader," depicting the gang wars that had taken control of the New York neighborhood. Through contemplative, yet often violent portraits of the gangs, photographer Gordon Parks captured the complexity and nuance of an area that was often misjudged.

"You could have a film studies class, a race class, a fashion class, and a U.S. history class all looking at the same pictures and understanding different components of why these pictures are so important," said Peter Kunhardt Jr., executive director ofLeft: At Segregated Drinking Fountain, Mobile, Ala., 1956. One of the women in the photograph, Cora Taylor , is now 84 years old and found the picture through one of her nieces.

He used to say he used the camera as a weapon, shining a light on what would otherwise go unnoticed. One of his most famous photographs shows a family gathered around a segregated water fountain in Mobile, Ala., in 1956.

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