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Photography
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The camera is my weapon of choice': Gordon Parks' era-defining shots of segregation and those who defied it

Gordon Parks' 1956 photographs of racial segregation in Alabama document Jim Crow South injustices and remain relevant amid contemporary historical revisionism and censorship.
Film
fromLos Angeles Times
6 months ago

An oral history of the 'Sinners' musical sequence: Inside the year's best scene

Ryan Coogler created a jolting centerpiece in Sinners that shifts perspective, combining powerful blues music, Black Jim Crow-era life, and vampire horror.
California
fromThe Nation
10 months ago

Tom Wolfe's Sociology of the Weird

The Merry Pranksters encountered racial tension at a segregated beach during their 1964 road trip, revealing their naivety about race in America.
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