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8 Black Actors Who Got Their Start in August Wilson Plays
Some of our greatest actors have appeared in the prolific playwright’s shows on and Off Broadway.
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Greatest Black Gangsters in Movie and TV History
Black gangsters such as Frank Lucas, Stringer Bell, Doughboy and Marlo are the most intriguing characters on the screen.
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Idris Elba Addresses Controversy Over Black English Actors Taking Roles From African-American Actors
Samuel L. Jackson never bites his tongue, especially when it comes to representation in movies. But earlier this year, comments Jackson made about English actor Daniel Kaluuya starring as a black American character in Get Out ruffled a few people’s feathers. “I know the young brother who’s in the movie, and he’s British,” Jackson said…
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Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee, Jeh Johnson Respond to The Root’s Morehouse Investigation
As Morehouse College’s alumni, students and faculty discover the years of obfuscation by the board of trustees revealed in The Root’s investigative piece “The War at Morehouse,” three of the college’s most distinguished and successful alumni weighed in on the revelations exposed in our probe. Academy Award-nominated actor Samuel. L Jackson (Class of ’72), former…
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Samuel L. Jackson on Ben Carson’s ‘Immigrants’: ‘MUTHAF–KA PLEASE!!!’
Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson proved Monday that he knows absolutely nothing about slavery. Then Samuel L. Jackson proved that he has no problem calling the head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development a dickhead. Be like Samuel L. Jackson. Don’t be like Ben Carson (well, unless you learn to stick to your medical…