Half Past Autumn- Gordon Parks Part 1

1. On the day Gordon Parks was born, how did the doctor save Gordon's life?
    By putting him in a tub of water and rubbing ice on him.

2. Where was Gordon born? (what state?)

    Fort Scott, Kansas

3. What did Gordon's class adviser, Ms. McClintock, tell him about college?

    She told him that few blacks go to college. She advise him not go to college and spend his money,       because they were all gonna end up as porters and maids.

4. How old was Gordon when his mother died?

    Age 14

5. Where did Gordon move after his mother died?

    To St. Paul,Minneapolis, where his relatives lived.

6. Did Gordon graduate from college?

    Yes, He graduated from Princeton University later in his life.

7. How did Gordon begin his fashion photography career?
    He went to stores to ask for models where he can take pictures of them.

8. What is a "double exposure?"
    Too much light.
9. Who was boxer Joe Louis?
    He was a boxer whose photograph was taken by Gordon.
10. What instrument did Gordon play?
      Piano
11. What was the purpose of the Farm Security Administration?
      To show the situation of the Great Depression.
12. When Roy Stryker hired Gordon for the FSA, what was Stryker's first assignment for Gordon in           Washington, D.C.?
      To go to a store and buy a coat, then go eat at a restaurant, and lastly, go watch a movie.
13. Who was Ella Watson?
      She was a women who swept floors and Gordon took a photograph of her.
14. What was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic?
      To be positive about American values.
15. What did Gordon learn from Stryker about photography?
      He learned about bigotry and disrimination.