“As soon as Stokely said ‘Black power,’ the mainstream press began to attack him,” Volpe says. Of the 700 photographs Parks filed, five black and white images of Carmichael ran on the pages of “Life magazine.” Volpe’s tightly edited selection of 50 never-been-seen shots doesn’t exactly rewrite history, though they do offer an alternative ending to a controversial story. She included outtakes and a re-enactment of the rally at the conclusion of “Gordon Parks.” Martin Luther King, Jr., Harry Belafonte, and Dr. For reasons Volpe doesn’t understand, Parks’ narrow focus on the anti-Vietnam War demonstration outside the United Nations headquarters with Carmichael speaking alongside Dr. “Gordon would later say this was one of the stories he wanted to do in the worst way.” “Gordon was no longer a full-time photographer for ‘Life,’ but editors called from time-to-time asking if he’d take projects for contract,” Volpe says. Where: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 5601 Mainĭetails: Included with MFAH admission, tickets $12 and up See More Collapse
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