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Gordon Parks at Vassar

There’s an interesting photo exhibit just opened at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar.   Called “the Making of an Argument” it shows the story of Gordon Park’s Life magazine photo essay from 1948. The subject was Leonard (Red) Jackson – the teenage leader of the Harlem gang the Midtowners. The story was titled “Harlem Gang Leader” and…

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