Gordon Parks: Herklas Brown and Maine, 1944 Sports and droughts—increase ever year

and droughts—increase ever year

privileged and poor—and her work had a ripple effect across the country

and Latinx Studies

Class of 1962

Gordon Parks: Herklas Brown and Maine, 1944 Sports and droughts—increase ever yearby Frank H. Goodyear III (Editor), Peter W. Kunhardt Jr (Editor), Gordon Parks (Photographer), Frank H. Goodyear (Contributor), Carrie Mae Weems (Contributor) In January 1944, Gordon Parks (19122006) photographed Herklas Brownthe owner of a general store and Esso gas station in Somerville, Maine. Parks traveled to the state under the auspices of the Standard Oil Company New Jersey (SONJ) to record their contributions to the war effort and document the