“A Choice of Weapons” blends Parks’ striking photographs (spanning more than 40 years) with footage of the artist in conversation, supported by reflections from a starry cast of interviewees, ...

On Nov. 15, HBO airs “A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks,” a documentary celebrating the life and career of the photographer/author/filmmaker ...

At a time when equity and justice are under attack from the most powerful office in the United States, spaces rooted in real community and solidarity are more important than ever. That’s exactly what ...

The late Gordon Parks — director, composer, memoirist, and most famously, photographer — once wrote, “Some of us are born to be leaders, some to be followers. Some of us are born with great talents, ...

For the next five weeks, works and connections between Harlem Renaissance leader Langston Hughes and Photojournalist Gordon Parks are free to view at the Arts Council of Dickinson County. The ...

Gordon Parks was born on November 30, 1912, in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was the issue of the second generation of exodusters, those blacks who had chosen to migrate into the western territories of the ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gordon Parks High School students had the opportunity to bring history to life by peering through the lens of their school's namesake, St. Paul's own Gordon Parks. The school's ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A new exhibition of the work of Gordon Parks, a photographer renowned for documenting African American life, turns its focus on Parks’ exploration of Black religion and spirituality ...