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Life (magazine)

CTL-E-3874 · Publication · other · 1883-2007 (print)

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American magazine, one of the most influential publications of the mid-20th century; Gordon Parks joined Life in 1948 as its first Black staff photographer and first African American employee, producing civil-rights-era photo essays for decades.

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RELP88 new supporting entity: wrote_for target for Gordon Parks.

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Children at the table in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941
Children at the table in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Children asleep in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941
Children asleep in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Children at a meal, Chicago, 1941
Children at a meal, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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