Gordon Parks was born Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks on November 30, 1912. Mr. Parks died on March 7 2006. He was a photographer, music, writer and film director. He was born in Fort Scott, Kansas and died in New York City, New York. Mr. Parks directed the film Shaft and has photographic essays in the Life magazine. Parks attended a segregated elementary school, in Fort Scott. When he was 11 years old, three white boys threw him into the Marmaton River, with knowledge that he couldn't swim. His mother died at age 14. After that he was sent to live with other relatives, but eventually turned to the street to take care of himself. He was married & divorced 3 times. Parks was the co-founder of Essence magazine. In 1929, Parks worked at a gentlemen's club, The Minnesota Club for a short amount of time. In his time, Parks published 10 books. Two examples of those being, "The Learning Tree", and "Born Black".
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