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1:57 A week and a half ago, on Kansas Day, someone on Twitter asked who would go on a Mount Rushmore of great Kansans. My first thought was that we were going to need space for a lot more than four faces up there. My very next thought was Gordon Parks. Parks didn’t direct a lot of movies, although a few he did were enormously culturally significant. You know Shaft, of course, and chances are good you’re familiar with The Learning Tree, which was one of the first movies chosen for preserva...

“Black Firsts: 500 Years of Trailblazing Achievements and Ground-Breaking Events” is now in its fourth edition, a 30-year project of Jessie Carney Smith.

In honor of Black History Month, a nation-wide celebration that spans the month of February, The Lion’s Roar will feature a series of articles written by our staff that reflect on the accomplishments of individuals who have greatly impacted African-American history. In this moment we call life, we all seek to find our purpose and our passions. Our purpose is not only our greatest gift, but it can also become our greatest weapon. When we are armed with our life purpose, we innately fight back ...

The Best Movies Streaming in February to Celebrate Black History Month On 2/1/21 at 6:56 AM EST February may see many viewers around the world stuck in their homes as the pandemic rages on, but that does not mean that they cannot still celebrate Black History Month. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and HBO Max are among the may streaming services who are offering movies this month that celebrate Black excellence. These movies are directed by great Black directors like Spike Lee, Ava DuVernay and Ryan Coog...

50 Movies That Address the History of Racism in America By Elona Neal, Stacker News On 1/31/21 at 9:00 AM EST Movies give us perspective and allow us to watch certain events play out in front of our eyes. They can be educational and entertaining, making proper representation a significant factor in filmmaking. Black representation in Hollywood was almost nonexistent in the early 20th century, and when images of African Americans were shown, they were given negative stereotypes and criticized...

We’re thrilled to be celebrating Black History Month on the Criterion Channel with a lineup that salutes African American filmmaking pioneers like Gordon Parks and Madeline Anderson, spotlights the brilliant career of actor and activist Ruby Dee, presents newly restored works by William Greaves and Bill Duke, and offers introductions to contemporary Black directors like Mahamat-Saleh Haroun and Akosua Adoma Owusu. That’s just the beginning—we’ve also got Marlene Dietrich, Lana Turner, a...

“Gordon Parks’s photographs are timeless,” said Peter W Kunhardt Jr, executive director of the Gordon Parks Foundation. “As we reflect on what has happened in recent months, his photographs remind us to stand up, speak out and demand justice. This exhibition does just that, highlighting images that inspire resilience and empathy that the photographer made over many years.” The two-part exhibition, on view at both Jack Shainman Gallery locations in New York, is called Gordon Parks: Hal...

Gordon Parks was working as a porter for the Northern Pacific Railroad when he bought his first camera, a used Voigtlander Brilliant, at a pawnshop in 1937. Teaching himself to use the device, Parks quickly established his talent and range, shooting everything from fashion photographs to images of people living in poverty in Chicago’s South Side – images that, in his words, ‘convinced me that even the cheap camera I had bought was capable of making a serious comment on the human condition...

His work is a testament: the ever-relevant photography of Gordon Parks Nadja Sayej “Gordon Parks’s photographs are timeless,” said Peter W Kunhardt Jr, executive director of the Gordon Parks Foundation. “As we reflect on what has happened in recent months, his photographs remind us to stand up, speak out and demand justice. This exhibition does just that, highlighting images that inspire resilience and empathy that the photographer made over many years.” The two-part e...

Meet the special branch on a mission to save Britains ancient trees How you can help add to the inventory that is being compiled to preserve the UK’s ancient, veteran and notable giants View of the Bowthorpe Oak Tree Credit: Heather Drake / Alamy Stock Photo There is something almost spiritual about walking in a wood. Whether it’s in spring, when they are filled with bluebells, wild garlic and twittering birdsong, during the cold, winter months, when the silhouetted trees look majestic agai...