Firehouse station number four. Washington, D.C. Engines returning from a fire, Gordon Parks

Firehouse station number four. Washington, D.C. Engines returning from a fire, Gordon Parks
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Gordon Parks photographed Engine Company 4, an all African-American firehouse located near Howard University, in 1943. Photo source: Library of Congress, Office of War Information-Farm Security Agency Collection.

Gordon Parks died yesterday, and today's newspapers have obituaries. See "Photographer Broke Color Barrier," from the Washington Post.