Half Past Autumn Part 3 and 4

1. What is your definition of successful?
1. Being both self-sufficient and satisfied, if not happy, with one's social and financial standing.
2. What have you given up to become successful?
1. I had to give up my previous grade-school friends when my family moved to Fremont to attend this school (chosen for its high success rate of its students)
3. What did Parks give up to become successful?
1. He gave up his family life for his work.
4. Who was Genevieve Young's father?
1. Claurence Kuangson Young
5. How much was Parks advanced to write his first book (and eventual best-selling autobiography)?
1. $10,000
6. How much money did Elijah Muhammad offer Parks to do a story on The Nation of Islam?
1. Elijah Muhammad offered Parks half a million dollars
7. Why did Parks refuse the money?
1. He didn't believe he could do a good job - their thoughts didn't align, and he would have to be influenced by Muhammad.
8. What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree?
1. First movie directed by a black director
9. What was significant about the character Shaft?
1. He was a black hero - the first of its kind.
10. What reason did Genevieve Young give for the divorce?
1. sudden divorce - "it was like living in a washing machine" => never knew what was going to happen day to day
11. In 1984, Parks directed Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. What recent feature film told the same story?
1. 12 Years a Slave
12. Who was Gordon Parks, Jr?
1. Very good film maker - directed Super Fly. Died at 44, plane crash
13. What is your favorite Gordon Parks photo?
1. Toward Infinity, 1995
14. What will you remember about Gordon Parks in ten years?
1. He was an enormously successful black photographer, author, and filmmaker while still having a strong moral character despite personal issues. He took the picture American Gothic, and directed Shaft.