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Choice of Weapons

by Gordon Parks · 1966

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The noted author/photographer recounts his life and the bitter struggle he has faced, since he was sixteen-years-old, against poverty and racial prejudice.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thismemoirmemoirMore like thisLess of this
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artartMore like thisLess of thisAfrican AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 288 pages

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