Gordon Parks, "A Choice of Weapons"

Gordon Parks was an activist, a writer, a film maker, and most notably a photographer. His 1967 autobiography, A Choice of Weapons is a brilliant study of the connections between art, activism, and progressive social change. (Editorial aside: This would be a great book to read over break. It's widely available on Amazon, ebay, and the other obvious places.)

Here's a video of Parks talking about A Choice of  Weapons. 

And here's another video about his new exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in DC.