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Black Stars and Black Art Shine at the Gordon Parks Foundation Gala

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz hosted a celebration of Black art and culture at the Gordon Parks Foundation Awards and Auction in Los Angeles. Click through our gallery and see who was there.

By · June 3, 2015October 27, 2020
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Janelle Monae

Janelle Monae attends the 2015 Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner And Auction at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

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Liya Kebede

Liya Kebede attends the 2015 Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner And Auction at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

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Usher

Usher attends the 2015 Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner And Auction at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

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Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg attends 2015 Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

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Soledad O’Brien

Soledad O’Brien attends 2015 Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

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Hill Harper

Actor Hill Harper attends 2015 Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

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Swizz Beatz

Kasseem Dean aka Swizz Beatz attends the 2015 Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

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Sherry Bronfman

Sherry Bronfman attends 2015 Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

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Leslie Parks

Leslie Parks attends the 2015 Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner & Auction at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

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Miguelina Gambaccini

Designer Miguelina Gambaccini attends 2015 Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

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Kehinde Wiley

Kehinde Wiley attends 2015 Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

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Gordon Parks III

Gordon Parks III attends 2015 Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

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Grace Hightower

Grace Hightower De Niro attends 2015 Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

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