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Author
Series
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
♭2010
Language
English
Description
Gordon Parks--photographer for Life magazine, writer, composer, artist, and filmmaker--was only 16 in 1928 when he moved from Kansas to St. Paul, Minnesota, after his mother's death. There, homeless and hungry, he began his fight to survive, to educate himself, and to "prove my worth." Working as a janitor, railroad porter, musician, or basketball player in such places as St. Paul, Chicago, and New York, Parks struggled against poverty and racism....
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A biography of James Van Der Zee, innovative and celebrated African American photographer of the Harlem Renaissance. Includes an afterword, photos, and author's sources"--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"This visually stunning portrait of Black photographer Roy DeCarava, a child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, takes readers through 1940s Harlem where beauty is everywhere as he immortalizes and documents the lives of ordinary Black people. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations."--
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
Considers the difference between black photographers who use the camera to define themselves, their people, and their culture and some white photographers who, historically, have demeaned African-Americans through racist imagery. A cornucopia of Americana that reveals deeply disturbing truths about the history of race relations while expressing joyous, life-affirming sentiments about the ability of artists and amateurs alike to assert their identity...
11) Love Jones
Author
Publisher
New Line Cinema Corporation
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Set in Chicago, a beautiful photographer and a sweet-talking poet get together and discover romance.