AN EXTRAORDINARY set of never-before-seen pictures has shed light on racial segregation across America in the 1960s.
The historical images were taken by Gordon Parks, who is regarded as a pioneering black film-maker and photographer between 1940 and 1970.
Gordon was also an author and poet and was one of the leading figures in the civil rights movement in the US.
And the collection of his images has been released in a new book called I Am You, which is being published to celebrate his pioneering work.
To capture the iconic shots, Gordon travelled across the US to places such as New York, Washington D.C, Alabama and Harlem.
While on his travels, he captured images showing the crippling poverty many Americans were suffering from at the end of the Second World War set against the backdrop of racial segregation.
Segregation in America dated back to the civil war when all black slaves were emancipated but were not allowed to use the same public facilities as white people.
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It was designed to ensure that black people did not live in the same neighbourhoods as whites and as a result they also had to use different schools, public transport and in some cases were not allowed to vote.
And among Gordon's shots showing life under segregation are a black family in Harlem meeting with officials at a poverty board in New York.
Other images show black children using a water hydrant to wash in the street in Harlem, and a black woman holding a baby while a white woman looks on.
Many of Gordon's thought-provoking images were taken during the 60s during the civil rights movement.
This is when black figures in America used non-violent means to secure equal access to basic rights and amenities.
And their mass protests led to new initiatives being introduced in the US in the 1970s and 80s to ensure all segregation ended.
Gordon's book I Am You is published by the Gordon Parks Foundation c/o Berlin and Steidl.