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How did Gordon Parks contribute to the civil rights movement?
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Gordon Parks contributed to the civil rights movement by photographing African-Americans going about their daily lives. His photographs taken during the 1950s and 60s shined a light on poverty, inequality and the troubles of urban living, providing images that activists could point to when arguing for equal rights for all. On 1stDibs, find an assortment of Gordon Parks art from some of the world's top galleries.
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Gordon Parks, Alan King and Genevieve Young Vintage Silver Gelatin photo
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
At a media party with Gordon Parks, Alan King and Genevieve Young.
Veteran Village Voice photographer Fred W.
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elizabeth Campbell Parks and Leslie, her daughter with Gordon Parks, NY
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Estate embossed
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Drinking Fountains, Mobile, Alabama
By Gordon Parks
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was one of the 20th century's most important photographers, celebrated for his profound contributions to documentary photography and photojournalism.
Category
1950s Post-War Black and White Photography
Materials
Photography
Super Fly
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1972 Blaxploitation action film starring Ron O'Neal and directed by Gordon Parks Jr.
This poster features the same artwork as the US 41 x 27 in. post...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Photography
Materials
Paper
$1,029
Witold Gordon Gouache "Park Row Theater - Vanity Fair"
By Witold Gordon 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This gouache by Witold Gordon, is one of a series commissioned by Conde Nast which were published in Vanity Fair magazine in July 1934 under the banner “New York Shops You Never See”...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Elizabeth Campbell Parks, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Elizabeth Campbell Parks and Leslie, her daughter with the photographer and filmmaker Gor...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
