His White teacher tells her all-Black class, You\'ll all wind up porters and waiters.
Told through lyrical verse and atmospheric art, this is the story of how, with a single photograph, a self-taught artist got America to take notice..
With his camera in hand, he found a way.
Gordon wanted to take a stand against the racism he observed.
He and others were treated differently because of the color of their skin.
In Washington DC, Gordon went looking for a subject, but what he found was segregation.
His success as a fashion Photographer landed him a job working for the government.
He taught himself how to take pictures and before long, people noticed.
When he bought a camera, his life changed forever.
But before he made movies and wrote books, he was a poor African American looking for work.
What did she know? Gordon Parks is most famous for being the first Black director in Hollywood.
His White teacher tells her all-Black class, You\'ll all wind up porters and waiters
