A Marcus Garveyite reading the OWI publication Negroes and the War, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks. # 2901405

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New York, New York. A Marcus Garveyite reading the OWI (Office of War Information) publication Negroes and the War.

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Gordon Parks, attributed to: American, African American: Photographer, artist, composer, writer, author, film director

People Related

Chandler Owen: American, African American: Writer, editor, political activist, speechwriter, PR agent
Marcus Garvey: Jamaican: political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator