From Homeless at 15 to Hollywood: Gordon Parks' Revolution Gordon Parks was born the youngest of 15 children in Fort Scott, Kansas, in 1912. A teacher told him college would be a waste of money for someone like him. His mother died when he was 14, and at 15, his sister kicked him out with nowhere to go. But at 28, while working as a railroad porter, he saw photographs of migrant workers that changed everything. He bought a Voigtländer Brillant camera for $12.50 at a Seattle pawnshop and taught h

It all starts right here on Fort Gordon for the U.S. Army's...