Person · 1912–2006
Gordon Parks
The photographer, filmmaker, and writer who documented Black life and broke Hollywood's color line behind the camera.
A pioneer of [[black-visual-art]] and [[black-film]].
A self-taught photographer for Life magazine, Gordon Parks turned his lens on poverty and segregation, then became the first Black American to direct a major studio film — and helped launch a new era of Black cinema.
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Parks's breakthrough behind the camera built on the path Oscar Micheaux opened decades earlier.