print email comment close The Gordon Parks Center for Culture and Diversity URL: http://www.gordonparkscenter.org Description: Details about this center at Fort Scott Community College (Fort Scott, Kansas) and about its namesake and native son, black artist Gordon Parks. Includes a brief biography of Parks, which features a discussion of his photojournalism for Life magazine, his work as a fashion photographer, and his books and movies (such as "The Learning Tree," an autobiographic book and movie about Fort Scott, and "Shaft"). Also includes information about the Gordon Parks photo contest. Publisher: Fort Scott Community College Extra Keywords African American Library of Congress Subject Headings: African American photographers Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006 People Pluralism (Social sciences) LII Database Information: Record 20882 created by Maria Brandt on 03/13/2006 Last modification on 03/14/2006 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 01/10/2008 Published: 03/16/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20882