Gordon Parks

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civil rights activist composer film director human photographer photojournalist screenwriter writer

Gordon Parks was a pioneering African American photographer, filmmaker, and writer renowned for his powerful documentation of social justice issues and everyday Black life in the United States.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights activist → composer → film director → human → photographer → photojournalist → screenwriter → writer →
awardReceived	National Medal of Arts → Spingarn Medal →
basedIn	New York City, New York, United States →
burialPlace	Fort Scott, Kansas, United States →
causeOfDeath	cancer →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1912-11-30 →
dateOfDeath	2006-03-07 →
educatedAt	Fort Scott High School →
employer	Farm Security Administration → Life magazine → Office of War Information →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Parks →
fullName	Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks →
genre	documentary photography → photojournalism → social realism →
givenName	Gordon →
hasPhotographicSeries	Harlem Gang Leader → Segregation Story →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	civil rights movement →
notableAchievement	first African American staff photographer at Life magazine → one of the first major African American directors in Hollywood →
notableWork	A Choice of Weapons → Flavio → Shaft → The Learning Tree →
occupation	composer → film director → journalist → photographer → screenwriter → writer →
placeOfBirth	Fort Scott, Kansas, United States →
placeOfDeath	New York City, New York, United States →
primaryTheme	everyday life of African Americans → poverty and social injustice → racial segregation in the United States →
religion	Methodism →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Resettlement Administration →	employer
Life →	featuredPhotographer
Farm Security Administration photographers →	hasPart
Carl Corey →	influencedBy
Parks →	notableBearer
Roy Stryker →	notableStudentOrColleague