Half Past Autumn - Gordon Parks pt 1

1. On the day Gordon Parks was born, how did the doctor save Gordon's life? He put Gordon in a tub of ice. 
2. Where was Gordon born? (what state?) Kansas
3. What did Gordon's college adviser, Ms. McClintock tell him about college? She told him that very few Negroes make it to college.
4. How old was Gordon when his mother died? 15
5. Where did Gordon move after his mother died? Minnesota
6. Did Gordon graduate from college? yes
7. How did Gordon begin his fashion photography career? Began his career by going to Frank Murphy's and telling them that he wanted to shoot fashion.
8. What is a "double exposure?" the repeated exposure of a photographic plate or film to light (often producing ghost images.)
9. Who was boxer Joe Louis? an American Professional Boxer
10. What instrument did Gordon play? piano
11. What was the purpose of the Farm Security Agency? an effort during the Great Depression to combat rural poverty in America.
12. When Roy Stryker hired Gordon for the FSA, what was Stryker's first assignment for Gordon in Washington, D.C.? Stryker told Gordon to get a topcoat 
13. Who was Ella Watson? a pioneer of Wyoming who became known as Cattle Kate.
14. What was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic?
15. What did Gordon learn from Stryker about photography?