FORT SCOTT, Kan.
Construction of a new Gordon Parks museum in his eastern Kansas hometown is now open and nearly completed.
The Gordon Parks Museum and Center is slated to open at Fort Scott Community College.
Parks became known as a photographer, activist, filmmaker and writer. He became the first African-American photographer to work at Life Magazine.
Director Jill Warford said the museum is 85 percent completed.
“I’m glad that it’s open. Now we have enough space to have groups in and not be cramped,” she said.
Warford said the center is open to students and the public for tours.
