This Self-Taught Photographer Documented Black Life Within The Segregated South

Black History Year

PushBlack

History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Gordon Parks knew a picture was worth more than 1,000 words: photographs could be weapons to fight white supremacy. Some saw his career, as a self-taught turned famous photographer, as a way out of the segregated South. But he knew it a way in. _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. The production team for this podcast includes Cydney Smith, Len Webb, and Lilly Workneh. Our editors are Lance John and Avery Phillips from Gifted Sounds Network. Julian Walker serves as executive producer." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The lights are off. Everything is quiet. You're ready to sleep.
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1:04.0	Gordon Parks knew a picture was worth more than 1,000 words.
1:08.0	Photographs could be weapons to fight white supremacy.
1:12.0	Some saw his career as a self-taught, turned famous photographer as a way out of the segregated self.
1:19.0	But he knew it was a way in.
1:22.0	This is two-minute black history.
1:25.0	What you didn't learn in school.
1:40.0	An artist turned activists.
1:43.0	Gordon Parks photographs from 1940 to 1960 rocked the nation with their honesty and energized the civil rights movement.
1:52.0	Parks photographed influential black figures but his documentation of black laborers and families navigating segregation were what exposed America's true colors.
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