1.What is your definition of successful?
My definition of success is able to accomplish your goal, no matter how long or difficult it may be. Also it would include the ability to rely on other people for support and learned throughout the journey.2. What have you given up to become successful?
Definitely time, sleep, and other opportunities to do something else.3.What did Parks give up to become successful?
He gave up some family time, money, safety and effort to do the work he does.
4.Who was Genevieve Young's father?
Her father is Clarence Kuangson Young while her stepfather is V.K. Wellington Koo, a Chinese diplomat from China who also helped found the United Nations.
5. How much was Parks advanced to write his first book (and eventual best-selling autobiography)?
Parks at first wrote a couple of pages and then into his first book after his editor urged him to write his first book.
6. How much money did Elijah Muhammad offer Parks to do a story on The Nation of Islam?
About fifty thousand dollars.
7.Why did Parks refuse the money?
He no longer wants to be associated with The Nation of Islam because they may influenced his work and beliefs, which is something he does not want.
8. What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree?
The Learning tree is the first African-American directed movie and in Hollywood.
9. What was significant about the character Shaft?
Shaft represent the African American hero that is not bound by segregation like Gordon Parks himself.
10. What reason did Genevieve Young give for the divorce?
She said their relationship was between Young and Parks was like living in a washing machine full of surprises that she may not like. In addition, she felt that the relationship is tiring her and setting back her career.
11. In 1984, Parks directed Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. What recent feature film told the same story?
The Twelve Years a Slave.
12. Who was Gordon Parks, jr?
His son that followed his father's footsteps and even directed a successful movie called Super Fly
.13. What is your favorite Gordon Parks photo?
Mine would be the American Gothic because the ironic patriotism the women represents and that my friend also posed for that picture during the Master Photographer project.
14. What will you remember about Gordon Parks in ten years?
I would remember that Gordon Parks is a famous African American photographer who refined of what can photography do and what an African American can do.
15. What was Gordon Parks' choice of weapons?
His camera, writing and ways to show the uncivilized parts of the world.
