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Choice of Weapons

Gordon Parks career began in the Twin Cities and moved in many directions. He began...

02/07/1998

Literature And Life: The Givens Collection

Choice of Weapons

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Gordon Parks career began in the Twin Cities and moved in many directions. He began...

Gordon Parks career began in the Twin Cities and moved in many directions. He began as a pianist and gifted composer, then took up photography becoming the first black photographer for LIFE magazine. He later became Hollywood's first black filmmaker adapting his novel "The Learning Tree," SHAFT and Solomon Northrop's, Odyssey.

02/07/1998

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Literature And Life: The Givens Collection is a local public television program presented by TPT

Literature And Life: The Givens Collection

Choice of Weapons

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Gordon Parks career began in the Twin Cities and moved in many directions. He began as a pianist and gifted composer, then took up photography becoming the first black photographer for LIFE magazine. He later became Hollywood's first black filmmaker adapting his novel "The Learning Tree," SHAFT and Solomon Northrop's, Odyssey.

02/07/1998

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