Rally's End

1963, printed later · Photograph

Scheda

1948–1972
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
1961
Divorces Sally Alvis
His marriage to Sally Alvis, made in 1933, ends after more than twenty-five years.
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.