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- He was killed in a plane crash in Nairobi, Kenya, 3 April 1979, while making a film entitled "Revenge" that was more than half-finished at the time.
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Mar 8, 2006 · March 8, 2006. Gordon Parks, the photographer, filmmaker, writer and composer who used his prodigious, largely self-taught talents to chronicle the African-American experience and to retell his own...
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and film director, who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African Americans—and in glamour photography.
Apr 2, 2014 · Death and Legacy. Parks died of cancer on March 7, 2006, in New York City. He is buried in his hometown of Fort Scott, Kansas. Today, Parks is remembered for his pioneering work in the...
Gordon Parks, one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century, was a humanitarian with a deep commitment to social justice. He left behind an exceptional body of work that documents American life and culture from the early 1940s into the 2000s, with a focus on race relations, poverty, civil rights, and urban life.
Parks died on March 7, 2006 and was laid to rest in Evergreen Cemetery in his hometown of Fort Scott, Kansas on March 16, 2006. Timeline. 1910-1919. The population of Bourbon County in 1910 was 24,007. Fort Scott’s population in 1910 was 10,463 with 1047 (20%) African-Americans. 1912.
Mar 8, 2006 · Gordon Parks, one of the 20th Century’s greatest photojournalists and an influential filmmaker, died Tuesday at 93. Parks’ films, most notably "The Learning Tree" (1969) and "Shaft" (1971),...
Parks tragically died with three others when their small airplane crashed after takeoff near Nairobi, Kenya. Access to the Gordon Parks, Jr. archive is restricted. For more information, email info@mkfound.org.
