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Fort Scott, Kansas
Celebrating Film History in Fort Scott
Gordon Parks during the filming of *The Learning Tree.* Image courtesy of Special Collections & University Archives, Axe Library, Pittsburg State University.

Gordon Parks during the filming of The Learning Tree. Image courtesy of Special Collections & University Archives, Axe Library, Pittsburg State University.

With funding from Humanities Kansas, the state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Gordon Parks Museum set out in 2019 to create The Learning Tree Film Scene and Sign Trail. Based on Gordon Parks’ semi-autobiographical novel about growing up in Fort Scott, The Learning Tree was also the first major motion picture directed by an African American. This historic sign trail celebrates Parks and commemorates the filming of The Learning Tree in the city.

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