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- In 1956, Gordon Parks became the first Black staff photographer for Life magazine, focusing on racial segregation in Alabama post-Montgomery bus boycott.
- A new exhibition at the Alison Jacques gallery in London features Parks' work from 1942 to 1967, curated by civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson.
- Stevenson highlights the ongoing relevance of Parks' art amid contemporary historical revisionism and censorship.
- Parks regarded his camera as a tool against social injustice, a viewpoint that is crucial in today's context of racial violence and media manipulation.
