American photographer, filmmaker, writer, and composerBorn: Nov. 30, 1912Birthplace: Fort Scott, Kansas
Best known as an acclaimed photographer, Gordon Parks was also a highly accomplished…
HARRISON, Benjamin, (father of Carter Bassett Harrison and William Henry Harrison, grandfather of John Scott Harrison, great-grandfather of Benjamin Harrison [1833-1901] and great-great-great…
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