Gordon ParksVereinigte Staaten, 1912–2006Racetrack in Paris
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Derweil im Leben von Gordon Parks
Das ganze Leben1948–1972
Photographs Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Barbra Streisand
In more than twenty years at Life he photographs fashion, sports, Broadway, poverty and racial segregation, as well as portraits of Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, Muhammad Ali and Barbra Streisand. Malcolm X asks him to be the godfather of his daughter Qubilah Shabazz.
1960s
Daughter born: Leslie Parks
1962
Meets the editor Genevieve Young
When he begins writing “The Learning Tree”, his publisher assigns him a Chinese-American editor, Genevieve Young, stepdaughter of the Chinese diplomat Wellington Koo. They later become romantically involved, at a time when both are divorcing previous spouses.
1962
Marries Elizabeth Campbell
Marries Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of the cartoonist E. Simms Campbell; the marriage lasts until 1973.
1963
Publishes the novel “The Learning Tree”
His semi-autobiographical novel “The Learning Tree” is published; he will later adapt it for the screen himself.
1966
First volume of memoirs, “A Choice of Weapons”
Publishes the first of three volumes of memoirs, “A Choice of Weapons”; “Voices in the Mirror” (1990) and “A Hungry Heart” (2005) will follow.
![Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8f29e3c9-a289-4d53-abf0-31a66e9e98fa/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ff62e8d0-45c4-498f-ad36-6358de827e04/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
