Gordon Parks

Martin Luther King Jr.: 12 essential reads

2013-01-21 13:08:00

Today the nation honors the life of�Martin Luther King Jr., the reverend and activist who led the American civil rights movement. As King studied nonviolence as practiced by Gandhi and imagined by Henry David Thoreau, now his own life and work�are the...

'More American Photographs' offers a glimpse of America's recession

2012-03-10 16:32:46

Remembering photographer Jerome Liebling

2011-08-01 16:33:12

Roy DeCarava dies at 89; art photographer depicted the African American experience

2009-10-29 00:00:00

Roy DeCarava, an art photographer whose pictures of everyday life in Harlem helped clarify the African American experience for a wider audience, has died. He was 89. He died Tuesday in New York City, his daughter Wendy DeCarava said. The cause was not...

Neil Leifer knows all the angles

2008-01-02 19:03:22

January 6, 2008 NEW YORK -- For a guy who's a regular at Elaine's and has a standing reservation at Rao's and his own gallery in Vegas and a new book out selling for $400, and now a short doc on Oscar's short list, Neil Leifer still acts like he has...

Using images to change history

2013-01-10 14:27:00

The civil rights movement was full of dynamic and evocative images. Today, even many of us born after its iconic moments were captured on film can describe Martin Luther King Jr.'s outstretched arm pointing a sea of people toward a future decades beyond...

Macy's Aventura salutes Gordon Parks as part of Black History Month

2013-02-15 11:05:00

As part of Black History Month, Macy's in Aventura Mall will honor Gordon Parks Saturday with the photographic art installation viewing of iconic works from the artist, composer, author ("The Learning Tree") and filmmaker ("Shaft"). Parks' life will...

Student accused of putting hand sanitizer in teacher's drink

2012-12-04 16:21:00

A Wichita student faces possible expulsion for putting hand sanitizer in a teacher's drink. Wichita Schools Spokesperson Susan Arensman says the incident happened last week at Gordon Parks Academy. But the principal didn't know who did it until another...

They're black and they're proud

2012-12-21 06:46:00

Photographer Gordon Parks' "Ethel Shariff in Chicago" depicts the daughter of religious activist Elijah Muhammad in a nun's habit, standing at the fore of rows of black women in the same attire. In Parks' "American Gothic," the late lensman who documented...

Police arrest man who approached Gordon Parks Academy student

2012-10-05 10:09:00

Wichita police arrest a man who was reported as acting suspiciously near Gordon Parks Academy Thursday morning. Police say a girl was walking to school when she was approached by a man who asked her if she wanted a ride.� She declined, but the man got...

Five children removed from Wichita foster home

2012-09-13 10:19:00

Wichita police removed five children from a foster care home because of suspicion of abuse.� Police say a school nurse noticed bruising on 6-year-old twin boys at Gordon Parks Academy. The nurse reported it to police and an investigation was started....

Wichita boundary changes closer to becoming reality

2012-01-26 19:32:00

The Wichita School District wanted to know what the public thought about proposed boundary changes and people weren't shy. On Thursday, the district released a 149 page document compiling all of the comments and feedback about the proposals. Click to...

Macy's salutes Gordon Parks

2013-02-15 11:14:00

Storm Team 12's Mark Larson with students at Gordon Parks Elementary

2012-04-04 10:43:00

Gordon Parks' 1942 portrait "American Gothic"

2010-09-07 15:06:43