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For Black History Month, Ten Key Films on the African-American Experience

John Farr | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Denzel Washington, Civil Rights Movement, Academy Awards, Morgan Freeman, Martin Luther King Jr., Best Movies on DVD, Best Movies by Farr, Best Movies, Eyes on the Prize, Gospel Music, Documentary, Cicely Tyson, Martin Luther King Day, African Americans, Freedom Riders, Spike Lee Movies, Culture News
John Farr

With Martin Luther King's birthday just past us, and Black History month coming up, the time seems right to celebrate those invaluable films that shed light on the black community's long struggle for equal rights in this country.

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'The Help' Nominated For Eight NAACP Image Awards

AP | Posted 01.19.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- "The Help" has been served eight Image Award nominations. The adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel about black maids sp...

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The Help's Chocolate Pie

Miranda Levenstein | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Cicely Tyson, The Help, Sounder, Minny's Chocolate Pie, Food & Wine, Food News
Miranda Levenstein

I thought of Minny's infamous chocolate pie in The Help. The pie plays a key role in the film, a plot spoiler I will not give away.

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From Gods And Monsters and Quiet Riot to Tina Turner and Citizens Of The World: A Conversation With Spencer Proffer

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vans Warped Tour, Pasha, Tony Martell, Mario Van Peebles, Pricilla Presley, Flying Machines, Tina Turner, John Entwhistle, Nelson Mandela, The Who, Sds, Richard Nixon, Stevie Wonder, RCA Records, Brian May, Sedrik Samson, Spencer Proffer, Blink-182, Calarts, Citizens of the World, Kiss, Harry Winer, Bob Hope, Elvis Presley, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Caine, Bad Religion, Wings, Ronnie McDowell, No Doubt, Disney, The Hollies, Rise Against, Quiet Riot, Sidney Poitier, Gods and Monsters, Graceland, Jon Butcher, The Jordanaires, King Sunny Ade, Queen, Godsmack, Bon Jovi, Epic Records, Coachella, Allan Clarke, Ritchie Sambora, Mtv, Showtime, Kevin Dubrow, Billy Thorpe, Quincy Jones, Doc McGhee, Bill Condon, My Chemical Romance, Beyonce, Cedric the Entertainer, Vanilla Fudge, Jerry Offsay, Camp Pendleton, Ted Nugent, Cicely Tyson, Strawbs, All American Rejects, Michael Hagee, Tommy, Capitol Tower, Zoetrope, Stomp, Nofx, Live Nation, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Spencer Proffer is considered a leader in entertainment, pioneering media integrations before it was fashionable to do so.

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Protecting the House Where Lena Lived!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem, Count Basie, Addisleigh Park, Real Estate, Rachel Robinson, State Senator Bill Perkins, 555 Edgcomb Avenue, Jackie Robinson, Max Schmeling, Illinois-Jacquet, Chicago, Schwartz and Gross, Ella Fitzgerald, Father Knows Best, Paul Mercer Ellington, James Brown, Otto Kahn, Queens, Jay Paley, Paul R. Williams, President Barack Obama, Lena Horne, John Marquand, John Cheever, Barack Obama, Rose Morgan, Cottie Williams, John S. Phipps, Roy Campanella, Frank Sinatra, Joe Louis, Babe Ruth, Gail-Lumet-Buckley, Geoffrey Holder, Jessye Norman, Cicely Tyson, Jenny Lumet, Leslie Uggams, New York News
Michael Henry Adams

Never again in our history will citizens be forced to live segregated lives, not according to race at any rate. Yet once, not so long ago, this reality was a difficult to oppose matter of course.

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Meet the Black Elite!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Akron Ohio, Champagne, Tennessee Williams, Gregory Generet, Fashion Week, High-Society, Norma Darden, New York, Meritocracy, Breakfast at Tiffany's, N Boutique, Audrey Hepburn, Mojo, Reggie Van Lee, Tracy Reese, Style, B. Michael, Party, Evidence Dance Company, Cicely Tyson, Cecil Beaton, Fashion, East River, Ludget Delcy, Studio Museum in Harlem, Reginald Canal, Black Elite, Michelle Paterson, Obamas, White House, New York News
Michael Henry Adams

That the charity of New York's best events is secondary, even insignificant, in contrast to the stylishness of those in attendance, is a 'dirty secret' that's routinely denied.

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Best Movies By Farr: Obama's Glorious Leap, and Key Films About The African-American Experience

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denzel Washington, Paul Winfield, Slavery, Cicely Tyson, Spike Lee, African-Americans, African-American Films, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Sidney Poitier, Entertainment News
John Farr

Prior to the 1960s, race portrayals in movies were mostly confined to servants and railroad porters. Only with the advent of the Civil Rights movement did the film industry dare address the authentic black experience.

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