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In 1963, the same year that Gordon Parks photographed the March on Washington and the day-to-day activities of members of the Nation of Islam, he published his first novel— The Learning Tree. A semi-autobiographical, coming-of-age story, the novel follows the journey of Newt Winger, a Black teenage descendant of Exodusters growing up in rural ...
The Learning Tree relates two crucial years in the life of Newt Winger. It opens with a terrible tornado that causes death and destruction in the small Kansas town of Cherokee Flats and leads to ...
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Feb 9, 2022 · When The Learning Tree premiered at the Trans-Lux Theater in New York City on August 6, 1969, it made history as the first studio film by an African American director. Parks’s producer credit was the most impressive feat, as it technically made him the boss of the picture. When African American directors Van Peebles, Davis, and Bill Gunn each ...
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A bittersweet, idyllic story about a year in the life of 14-year-old Newt Winger, born into a poor Black family in Kansas, who learns about love, fear, racial injustice, and immorality. The story, set in Kansas during the 1920s, covers less than a year in the life of a Black teenager and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him ...
