Gordon Parks : segregation story / with contributions by Michael E. Shapiro, Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr., Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Maurice Berger, and Brett Abbott.

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In September 1956, Life magazine published a photo-essay by Gordon Parks entitled "The Restraints: Open and Hidden," which documented the everyday activities and rituals of one extended African American family living in the rural South under Jim Crow segregation. One of the most powerful photographs...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	High Museum of Art (Host institution)
Other Authors:	Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006 (Photographer) Shapiro, Michael Edward (writer of foreword.) Kunhardt, Peter W., Jr., 1982- (writer of foreword.) Hunter-Gault, Charlayne (Writer of introduction) Berger, Maurice, 1956-2020 (writer of essay.) Abbott, Brett (Curator)
Language:	English
Published:	Göttingen, Germany : Pleasantville, New York : Steidl ; The Gordon Parks Foundation, 2015.
Edition:	Second edition.
Subjects:	Parks, Gordon, > 1912-2006 > Exhibitions. African Americans > Segregation > Alabama > Pictorial works > Exhibitions. Documentary photography > Alabama > Exhibitions. Parks, Gordon, > 1912-2006. African Americans > Segregation. Documentary photography. Alabama. Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition, pictorial works.
Genre:	Exhibitions. Pictorial works Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition, pictorial works.
Physical Description:	119 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Variant Title:	Segregation story.
Format:	Book

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