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Exhibition Marks 70 Years Since Gordon Parks’ Landmark Segregation Photos Published in ‘Life’ Magazine

Exhibition Marks 70 Years Since Gordon Parks’ Landmark Segregation Photos Published in ‘Life’ Magazine

Left: An elderly Black couple stands together outdoors near flowering trees. Right: Black children and adults wait at a counter labeled "WHITE ONLY" outside an ice cream shop. A sign above reads "ICE MILK SOLD HERE.

An exhibition commemorates the 70th anniversary of the landmark publication of Gordon Parks’ color images of the segregated South in Life magazine

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