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ANTHM: Black Actors →
The actors are out there, it’s also the films that are lacking. When Sidney, Denzel, James Earl were doing it, their performances became bigger than the roles - they were representing the race, reflecting our struggles, hopes and dreams on the big screen - we put ourselves in their shoes. We wanted to be them. We NEEDED to see them. Halle did it in Dorothy Dandrige, Angela Bassett did...
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In The Know (2005) A documentary about the first African-American owned and operated bookstore in North Carolina - The Know Bookstore. The Know Bookstore closed in 2008. Documentary has some great live performances like brother Yusef Salim (R.I.P.) - It’s just as much a documentary on jazz as it is on knowledge.
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“I don’t know if ‘Native Son’ is a good book or a bad book. And I don’t know if...”
– Richard Wright, How ‘Bigger’ Was Born (via doctorcolossus)
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