Literature And Life: The Givens Collection
Choice of Weapons
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Gordon Parks career began in the Twin Cities and moved in many directions. He began...
Gordon Parks career began in the Twin Cities and moved in many directions. He began as a pianist and gifted composer, then took up photography becoming the first black photographer for LIFE magazine. He later became Hollywood's first black filmmaker adapting his novel "The Learning Tree," SHAFT and Solomon Northrop's, Odyssey.
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Literature And Life: The Givens Collection is a local public television program presented by Minnesota PBS
Literature And Life: The Givens Collection
Choice of Weapons
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Gordon Parks career began in the Twin Cities and moved in many directions. He began as a pianist and gifted composer, then took up photography becoming the first black photographer for LIFE magazine. He later became Hollywood's first black filmmaker adapting his novel "The Learning Tree," SHAFT and Solomon Northrop's, Odyssey.
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Early African American Authors
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Clip: Special | 5m 28s | Many slaves defied laws and practices which banned them from learning to read... (5m 28s)
The Formation Of The Givens Collection
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Clip: Special | 7m 9s | Archie Givens Sr. was a black Minnesota businessman who left a legacy of... (7m 9s)
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Clip: Special | 11m 17s | The Harlem Renaissance was a tremendous period in which authors expressed themselves... (11m 17s)
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Clip: Special | 10m 48s | The Black Power movement gave way to dozens of sublimely talented poets and authors... (10m 48s)
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Clip: Special | 10m 7s | Lou Bellamy of the Penumbra Theater recognizes that African-American performance goes... (10m 7s)
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