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Contact Sheet, "A Man Becomes Invisible," Life story no. 36997, 1952. arts & entertainment

Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison: How a Man ‘Becomes Invisible’

Malcolm X Leads Muslims in Prayer, Chicago, 1963, from Black Muslims. arts & entertainment

How Gordon Parks’ Photographs Implored White America to See Black Humanity

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LIFE’s Celebration of a Year in High School, 1958.

Cinderella 1957 with Julie Andrews arts & entertainment

Julie Andrews as Cinderella, 1957

American teens in Paris 1952 history

‘Wow, Quel Babes!’: American Teenagers in Paris in the 1950s

Gordon Parks fashion photography from the 1950s. arts & entertainment

Beyond Boundaries: Gordon Parks’ Fashion Photography of the 1950s

In the shadowy slum world into which she was born in Rio de Janeiro, 3-year old Isabel da Silva cries to herself after vainly seeking comfort from her exhausted father, Jose. history

A Fierce and Tender Eye: Gordon Parks on Poverty’s Dire Toll

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