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Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks

Jamey Christoph, Carole Boston Weatherford

4.0(4)on Hardcover

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Gordon Parks is most famous for being the first black director in Hollywood. But before he made movies and wrote books, he was a poor African American looking for work. When he bought a camera, his life changed forever. He taught himself how to take pictures and before long, people noticed.

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OL Work ID
OL20005679W

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African American photographersPhotographersJuvenile literatureBiographyAfrican AmericansAfrican americans, biographyAfrican americans, biography, juvenile literature

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