Download or read book Back to Fort Scott written by Karen E. Haas and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first African American photographer to be hired full time by Life magazine, Gordon Parks was often sent on assignments involving social issues that his white colleagues were not asked to cover. In 1950 he returned on one such assignment to his hometown of Fort Scott in southeastern Kansas: he was to provide photographs for a piece on segregated schools and their impact on black children in the years prior to Brown v. Board of Education. Parks intended to revisit early memories of his birthplace, many involving serious racial discrimination, and to discover what had become of the 11 members of his junior high school graduation class since his departure 20 years earlier. But when he arrived only one member of the class remained in Fort Scott, the rest having followed the well-worn paths of the Great Migration in search of better lives in urban centers such as St. Louis, Kansas City, Columbus and Chicago. Heading out to those cities Parks found his friends and their families and photographed them on their porches, in their parlors and dining rooms, on their way to church and working at their jobs, and interviewed them about their decision to leave the segregated system of their youth and head north. His resulting photo essay was slated to appear in Life in the spring of 1951, but was ultimately never published. This book showcases the 80-photo series in a single volume for the first time, offering a sensitive and visually arresting view of our country's racialized history. Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was born into poverty and segregation in Fort Scott, Kansas. The self-taught photographer also found success as a film director, author and composer. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts and over 50 honorary degrees.

Download or read book Fort Scott Kansas Then and Now written by Hba and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Notorious Kansas Bank Heists Gunslingers to Gangsters written by Rod Beemer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bank robbers wreaked havoc in the Sunflower State. After robbing the Chautauqua State Bank in 1911, outlaw Elmer McCurdy was killed by lawmen but wasn't buried for sixty-six years. His afterlife can be described only as bizarre. Belle Starr's nephew Henry Starr claimed to have robbed twenty-one banks. The Dalton gang failed in their attempt to rob two banks simultaneously, but others accomplished this in Waterville in 1911. Nearly four thousand known vigilantes patrolled the Sunflower State during the 1920s and 1930s to combat the criminal menace. One group even had an airplane with a .50-caliber machine gun. Join author Rod Beemer for a wild ride into Kansas's tumultuous bank heist history"--

Download or read book Abstract of Information on Fort Scott Kansas written by National Park Site Committee (Fort Scott, Kan.) and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of Bourbon County Kansas written by T. F. Robley and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Choice of Weapons written by Gordon Parks and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2010 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gordon Parks's spectacular rise from poverty, personal hardships, and outright racism is astounding and inspiring." --from the foreword by Wing Young Huie

Download or read book Footprints of Bourbon County Families written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Charter and Ordinances of the City of Fort Scott Kansas written by Fort Scott (Kan.). and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fort Scott National Historic Site written by Robert Marshall Utley and published by Western National Parks Association. This book was released on 1991 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorful history of this post near the Missouri-Kansas border. The book spans from 1842 and the establishment of the permanent Indian frontier to 1873 and the arrival of the railroad. Photos by Michael Henry.

Download or read book Life in a Jar written by H. Jack Mayer and published by Long Trail Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells story of Irena Sendler who organized the rescue of 2,500 Jewish children during World War II, and the teenagers who started the investigation into Irena's heroism.

Download or read book Why a National Historical Park at Fort Scott Kansas written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Guide to Fort Scott Kansas written by Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Kansas and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hedgehugs written by Steve Wilson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in the United Kingdom in 2014 by Maverick Arts Publishing Ltd."

Download or read book Charter of the City of Fort Scott Kansas and Amendments Thereto written by Fort Scott (Kan.). and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Historical Significance of Fort Scott Kansas written by Dudley T. Cornish and published by . This book was released on 1960* with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fort Scott Kansas the Historical Center written by and published by . This book was released on 194? with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Miscellaneous Publications about Fort Scott Kansas written by and published by . This book was released on 198? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: