“In 1948, Gordon Parks (1912–2006) became the first African American photographer to be hired full time by LIFE magazine… In 1950, Parks returned to his hometown in Kansas to make a series of photographs meant to accompany an article that he planned to call “Back to Fort Scott” …focusing on the realities of life under segregation during the 1940s, but also relating to Parks’ own fascinating life story. “
Until September 13, 2015
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA
(Image: Mrs Jefferson, Fort Scott, Kansas, 1950)
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