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Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project view detail comment email this

Teenie Harris' "40-year career with the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the largest and most influential Black newspapers in the country, began as the nation emerged from the Depression and ended with the Civil Rights Movement. Numbering upwards of 80,000 images [over 45,000 shown here], this archive represents the largest single collection of photographic images of any Black community in the United States -- or the world, for that matter." From the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.
http://www.cmoa.org/teenie/info.asp
Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, U.S. History By Place

Last updated Jan 2, 2009


The Gordon Parks Center for Culture and Diversity view detail comment email this

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.
http://www.gordonparkscenter.org
Topics: Artists, Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities

Last updated Mar 14, 2006


Legends Online: Gordon Parks: Memories Left Behind view detail comment email this

Retrospective about Gordon Parks, best known as an American photojournalist and filmmaker but also celebrated for "[doing] it all -- including writing poetry, and composing and performing piano music." Includes a gallery of his photos, excerpts from an interview, a brief biography, and video clips of Parks talking about his 50-year retrospective book from 1997. Parks died in 2006. From Photo District News (PDN), a magazine for professional photographers.
http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/parks/
Topics: Artists, Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities

Last updated Mar 15, 2006





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