During the performance, images are shown up-stage from activist movement era. The simple arrangement of Smith sitting in a chair stage-center makes the audience focus on the dialogue of the performer. Smith captures the attention of the audience throughout the film by putting into play his ...
The last person witnessed with the victim is Tibbs' friend, Logan Sharpe (Martin Landau), a preacher and activist. Despite his loyalty, Tibbs must investigate when Sharpe admits having visited the prostitute. In addition to his police work, Tibbs must also ease tension with his wife (Barbara ...
Founded in 2013, Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an international activist movement originating in the African-American community that campaigns against violence and systemic racism toward black people. BLM regularly protests police killings of black people and broader issues of racial profiling, police bru...
Influential soul singer, entrepreneur, and activist Sam Cooke gave a lot to the world. In this emotionally-stirring Netflix doc, we revisit the legacy and impact of the artist by way of those he loved most and that loved him in return. Featuring a talking-head ensemble of family, friends,...
Denzel Washington brings the civil rights activist to life in this Spike Lee-directed biopic based on "The Autobiography of Malcolm X." (Which should be required reading for everyone—regardless of race.) This movie is complicated, just like its subject, and earned Washington an Oscar nom *and...
Fannie Lou Hamer, Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist (4249) Fanny Liem, (7183) Fantasia, (3538) Farah Jasmine Griffin, (469) Farah Jasmine Griffin and Salim Washington, (6269) Farah Merhi, (5487) Farai Chideya, (470) Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, (6059) Farrah Gray, Farrah Gray...
TheCIA’s Special Operations Groupswithin theCounter-intelligence Divisioncreated the illegal domestic operation, Project CHAOS.“Project MERRIMAC[1967 to 1973] involved the infiltration by CIA agents of . . . Black activist groups . . . .Project RESISTANCE[1967 to 1973] was a broad effort to ob...
Critics Consensus: It's far more conventional than the life it honors, but John Lewis: Good Trouble remains a worthy tribute to an inspiring activist and public servant. Synopsis: Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) fights for civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health care reform and immigrati...
Tell the students that they are going to spend the next five days talking about the modern Civil Rights Movement, the March on Washington, and some of the legislation that was enacted after the March. Explain that the use of activist writing to advance the Movement’s mission will also be ...
In the early 1970s radical scholar and activistAngela Davisbecame widely associated with the Black Panthers, though it seems likely that she never actually became a standing member of the party. Davis did, however, have strong connections with the party and taught political education classes for ...