On March 8, 1968, Life magazine published “A Harlem Family” by Gordon Parks, a searing portrait of poverty in the United States, told through images and text about a single family residing in Harlem, the Fontenelles. On the twentieth anniversary of The Gordon Parks Foundation, this new, expanded study considers the story as a pivotal moment in Parks’s life, one that launched his career in film. Since 2012, additional images belonging to the series have been discovered, and research conducted on the accompanying film. The present volume tells the story through this updated lens, accompanied by previously unpublished texts and ephemera—correspondence and documents Parks amassed while he kept in touch with the Fontenelles, and letters from Life readers showing an outpouring of support.