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Reverend Ernest F. Ledbetter, Jr. and Reverend Dr. Ernest F. Ledbetter III, D.Min
Reverend Ernest F. Ledbetter, Jr. and Reverend Dr. Ernest F. Ledbetter III, D.Min
2025
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The Gordon Parks Foundation Awards
The Gordon Parks Foundation Awards

The Gordon Parks Foundation Award is given to individuals who have enriched our lives in ways that reflect Parks' ideas and goals by using creative means to inspire the next generation. The Gordon Parks Patron of the Arts Award recognizes and celebrates individuals with a deep appreciation of the arts. Recipients receive this special recognition for their support and promotion of artistic creativity in the visual arts, film, literature or performing arts.

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Kate Clark Harris
Kate Clark Harris
Special Guest 2023
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Questlove, Black Thought, and Artists from A Great Day in Hip Hop
Questlove, Black Thought, and Artists from A Great Day in Hip Hop
Special Guests 2019
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ROSSLYN SAMUELS, SHARON STANLEY, AND AUDREY JOHNSON, Family of Ella Watson
ROSSLYN SAMUELS, SHARON STANLEY, AND AUDREY JOHNSON, Family of Ella Watson
Special Guests 2018
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Barbara Taylor Bowman and Valerie B. Jarrett
Barbara Taylor Bowman and Valerie B. Jarrett
Special Guests 2017
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Joanne Thornton Wilson
Joanne Thornton Wilson
Special Guest 2013
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The Gordon Parks Foundation permanently preserves the work of Gordon Parks, makes it available to the public through exhibitions, books, and electronic media and supports artistic and educational activities that advance what Gordon described as "the common search for a better life and a better world."

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