Gordon Parks

1. On the day Gordon Parks was born, how did the doctor save Gordon's life?

The doctors dunked him in ice water.

1. Where was Gordon born? (what state?) Kansas 

1. What did Gordon's class adviser, Ms. McClintock, tell him about college? That few Blacks ever go to college 
2. How old was Gordon when his mother died?

15 years old 

1. Where did Gordon move after his mother died?

St. Paul 

1. Did Gordon graduate from college?

Princeton 

1. How did Gordon begin his fashion photography career?

He asked stores if they could give him models to take pictures of

1. What is a "double exposure?"

Too much  light

1. Who was boxer Joe Louis?

A boxer that gordontook photos of

1. What instrument did Gordon play?

Piano

1. What was the purpose of the Farm Security Administration?

To show Americans conditions Of the Great Depression

1. 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 to buy a suite, eat at a nearby restaurant, and go to the movies 

1. Who was Ella Watson?

She swept the floors.

1. What was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic?

Wood intended it to be a positive statement about rural American values, an image of reassurance at a time of great dislocation and disillusionment. 

16. When did the FSA shut down?

1943
17. After Gordon moved to New York, what magazine did he shoot for?

Vogue
18. Who was the picture editor of Life Magazine when Gordon walked into the Life Magazine office?
19. What was the first major story Parks covered for Life Magazine?

Criminal
20. Who were some of the artists that Gordon Parks mentioned influenced his work after he moved to the Paris Life Magazine bureau? 
21. How did Parks shoot fashion when he lived in France?
22.Where was Parks' concerto performed?
23. Who was Parks' second wife? (Who was her father? What did she do?)

24. How old was Flavio de Silva when Parks met him?

12
25. When did Parks meet Flavio?

He took a picture of him in rural areas
26. Where did Flavio live when Parks first met Flavio and his family?
27. How is Gloria Vanderbilt? Who is her famous son? Who are her ancestors?
28. How did Vanderbilt describe their relationship?