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THEAMERICANGOTHICOFGORDONPARKS~PostedbyGeorgePendle,January20th2015In1950,theLifemagazinephotographerGordonParksreturnedtohishometownofFortScott,Kansas,tocreateaphotoessayonsegregationinAmericanschools.ParkswastheonlyAfrican-AmericanphotographeronthestaffatLifeandhewasnostrangertothesubject.Theyoungestof15childrenborntoatenantfarmerandamaid,hehadattendedthesegregatedPlazaSchool,whereanall-blackstudentbodyhadbeentaughtbyanall-blackfaculty.FortheyoungParksthishadseemedquitenormal,ashadtheblackMainStreetthatexistedononesideoftherailroadtracksandthewhiteMainStreetthatexistedontheother.Butby1950thisforcedseparationwasstartingtosplinter(分裂andKansaswasatthecentreofagrowingnationaldebateoversegregation:in1954theSupremeCourt
decision,BrownvBoardofEducationofTopeka,Kansas,wouldorderschoolstodesegregate,kick-starting强力启动，提供最新动力thecivil-rightsrevolution.Parks'ideawastopersonalisethestoryofsegregationbytrackingdownhisformerclassmatesfromthePlazaSchool.ThephotographshetookarenowonviewinapreciseandpowerfulshowattheMuseumofFineArtsinBoston.Bythetimehebeganworkontheproject,manyofthemhadleftFortScottandsohiscommissionbecameaquest追求thatfollowedtheGreatMigrationofAfrican-AmericansoutoftheruralsouthernstatestotheurbanMidwest.InStLouis,ChicagoandDetroit,Parkscaughtupwithandphotographedhisoldschoolmatesinanalmostidenticalmanner.Hewouldstandthemshouldertoshoulderwiththeirspousesorchildren,withtheirapartmentblocksorhousesbehindthem(above.Thiswasbynomeansincidental.Infactthisseeminglysimplecompositionheldwithinitapowerfulmessage.Atthetime,LifewasthemostpopularnewsmagazineintheUnitedStates.Ithadaweeklyreadershipofsome20m,drawnprimarilyfromtheurbanandsuburbanwhitemiddleclasses.Parksrealisedthatintellinghisstoryhewouldhavetocountermanyoftheunfavourablepreconceptionsthatthemagazine'sreaderswouldhaveaboutAfrican-Americans.Heneededtonormalisehissubjectsintheeyesofhisaudience.Buthow?Hisanswerwastoappropriate盗用，侵吞
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