Gordon Parks’s Photos Reflect the Long History of Police Brutality in the US
Daria Harper, Artsy
June 2020
Across the United States, protests have broken out in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis Police Department custody on May 25th. The very next day, people took to the streets of Minneapolis to denounce police brutality and yet another killing of an unarmed Black man by the police. Within days, there were protests organized in all 50 states and around the world. The amount of people who are speaking out against racial violence feels encouraging in some ways. However, this is far from the first time we’ve come together in protest over an almost identical scenario. […]