Attending the Bal Africain were, from left, Dr. S. Carolyn Reese; Dwight Smith, president of National Council of Artists, and Gordon Parks, recognized as a pioneer for African-American photo-journalists. (Detroit Free Press, June 21, 1993, p. 3E)

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