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Sep 18
2007
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BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In OUR HistoryPosted by Hugh in Untagged |
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Gordon Parks:
Gordon Alexander Buchannan Parks, Sr. Had His Film, "The Learning Tree," Registered By The National Film Registry Of The Library Of Congress, On September 19, 1989.
Released In 1969, And Adapted From The Book By The Same Title, "The Learning Tree" Is An Autobiographical Offering By Parks. It Tells The Coming Of Age Story Of Newt Winger, A Young Black Boy Growing Up In Racist, Pre-Civil Rights Movemnet, Kansas, During The 1920's.
During The 1970's Parks Signed With Paramount Pictures, As The First African American To Work For A Major Motion Picture Studio. He
