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Before #BlackLivesMatter, there was Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison

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Two lost photo essays, now on display at the Art Institute, go beyond racial stereotypes to reveal the real life of Harlem. The 1943 Harlem riots broke out on August 1, just a few days after the photographer Gordon Parks moved to the neighborhood. He considered shooting the chaos around him, but decided against it.…

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