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Born November 30th, 1912.
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When Parks was 11, three white boys threw him into a nearby river, knowing he couldn't swim. He managed to make it to shore safely. Parks felt aggressive discrimination all throughout elementary school.
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At age 14, Parks' mother, Sarah passed away. Fortt Scott was too poor to afford segregated high schools, and the school encouraged colored students not to pursue higher education after elementary school. This is possibly part of the reason why Parks ran away.
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Parks made his way to Minnesota where he briefly worked at a nightclub before it abruptley closed following the stock market crash of 1929.
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Parks marries his first wife, Sally Alvis, in Minneapolis in 1933.
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Richard Loving was born in Central Point, Virginia and died in an automobile accident.
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After moving from Minneapolis to Chicago to Seatle, Parks bought his first camera for $12.50 in Seattle at age 25.
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After working as a fashion photogrpher at a womens apparell store in Saint Paul, MN, Parks' work caught the attention of Marva Louis, wife of Joe Louis, famous heavyweight boxer. She convinced him to move to Chicago and continue to pursue photography on a higher level.
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Parks takes photographs in partnership with the FSA (Farm Security Administration) and takes a famous series of photographs on Chicago's poor, black south side.
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Following the disbanding of the FSA, Parks moved to the Harlem neighborhood of New York City where he shot photographs for Vogue fashion magazine.
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Parks wins a job at Life Magazine after editors of the magazine discover a photo essay of his on a young gang leader in Harlem. Parks would keep this job, photographing various people, places and events for the magazine for 20 years.
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Parks begins in work Hollywood, working as a consoltant,
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Mildred was 11 and Richard was 17
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Mildred Jeter, a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man get married in Washington DC because interracial marriage is illegal in their home state, Virginia.
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The Lovings get caught by the county sheriff as being in violation of the law against interracial marriage in Virginia.
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After 29 years of Marriage, Parks divorces his first wife, Sally.
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Parks marries his second wife, Elizabeth Campbell, shortly after the divorce of his first wife, Sally.
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Parks' first book, an autobiographical novel called "The Larning Tree". He would publish several other books and memoirs.
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The Lovings filed a motion that the law against interracial marriage was unconstitutional. They lost the ruling.
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Virginia's ban on interracial marriage was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States of America
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Parks becomes first African-American to direct a major Hollywood movie by directing the film variation of his autobiograhy, "The Learning Tree."
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Parks directs the biggest hit of his film career, "Shaft" a detective movie staring Richard Roundtree. The movie did well enough in the box office that a less popular sequel was made.
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Parks divorces his second wife, Elizabeth.
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Parks marries his 3rd wife, Genevive young who he had met while working on his autobiography in 1962.
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Parks divorces Genevive, his 3rd (and final) wife.
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Bibliography
"Gordon Parks." Bio. A&E Television Networks, 2015. Web. 10 Mar. 2015. “Gordon Parks.” Wikipedia.com. Web. 10 Mar. 2015. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Parks “Biography.” Gordon Parks Foundation. Web. 10 Mar. 2015. http://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/about/biography "Loving v. Virginia." Loving v. Virginia. Web. 04 Mar. 2015. https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/388/1. Bio.com. A&E Networks Television. Web. 08 Mar. 2015. <http://www.biography.com/people/mil
