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by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. onFebruary 24, 2013
From the well-known like Sidney Poitier to the more obscure like Eloyce Gist, these folks made film firsts.
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by Miki Turner onOctober 31, 2012
The Oscar winner says his new movie is a complex adventure. Plus: He recalls 20-year-old Malcolm X.
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by Gary Dauphin onOctober 30, 2012
Arranged by category, these films were made to spook the bejesus out of you this Halloween.
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by Julia Chance onAugust 13, 2012
From Cabin in the Sky to Red Hook Summer, these movies really took us to church.
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by Scott T. Sterling onJuly 23, 2012
From 'Sparkle' to 'Idlewild,' we recall some great films that brought the music and the drama.
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by Lynette Holloway onApril 29, 2012
The director of the remake hopes to see them in the roles Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier made famous.
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by Genetta M. Adams onJanuary 16, 2012
It was a good night for Octavia Spencer and Morgan Freeman -- but a bad one for Eddie Murphy.
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March 5, 2010
Slam Simpson and Dennis Rodman, if you must, but a black man in drag is no disgrace to black history.
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by Natalie Hopkinson onMarch 4, 2010
And as we embrace the warts-and-all diversity of the human experience, we don’t have to be. So don’t hate when Precious makes history at the Oscars.
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by Natalie Hopkinson onMarch 4, 2010
And as we embrace the warts-and-all diversity of the human experience, we don’t have to be. So don’t hate when Precious makes history at the Oscars.
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