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If you look at it and date it, you see the evolution of
the Civil Rights Movement. I have the pleasure
to present to you Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. If you look
at his photographs, it's
a great chronological record of what the 20th century
was about for Black Americans. Gordon made us visible to people
in a way that no other photographer
could have done it. He came from the community,
and that was always obvious
the Civil Rights Movement. I have the pleasure
to present to you Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. If you look
at his photographs, it's
a great chronological record of what the 20th century
was about for Black Americans. Gordon made us visible to people
in a way that no other photographer
could have done it. He came from the community,
and that was always obvious
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If you look at it and date it,
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you see the evolution of
the Civil Rights Movement.
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I have the pleasure
to present to you
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
00:00:12.833 --> 00:00:15.875
If you look
at his photographs, it's
a great chronological record
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of what the 20th century
was about for Black Americans.
00:00:20.625 --> 00:00:24.291
Gordon made us visible to people
in a way that
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no other photographer
could have done it.
00:00:26.541 --> 00:00:29.583
He came from the community,
and that was always obvious.
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Movie Summary
Follows Gordon Parks' stellar career from staff photographer for LIFE magazine, through his artistic development photographing everyday Americans, through his evolution as a novelist and groundbreaking filmmaker.
