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THIS IS A GREAT ARTICLE BY VOGUE PLEASE GO TO IT AS WELL HTTP://WWW.VOGUE.COM/13439964/GORDON-PARKS-FOUNDATION-DINNER-2016/ Remembering Gordon Parks With Janelle Monáe, Usher, and More todd-plummer-profile-picMAY 25, 2016 11:18 AMby TODD PLUMMER Swizz Beatz, Usher Photo: Joe Schildhorn /BFA.com Although noteworthy African-American Renaissance man Gordon Parks passed away in 2006 at the age of 93, his creative and philanthropic legacy persists. Perhaps the fact that Parks was at various times throughout his life a photojournalist, musician, writer, and film director is what resonates with such a wide cross section of the creative class. Supporters in attendance at the 10th annual Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street last night included Swizz Beatz, Usher, Victor Cruz, and 1990’s MTV icon Fab Five Freddy. And ...for more information please visite www.goodnewsplanet.com