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Sidney Poitier as Seen by His Two Youngest Daughters on Father’s Day

• June 16, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, African American History, Arts, Black Actors and Actresses, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Education, Film, Holidays, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Japan, Love, People of Color, Television, Television Series, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom
Tags: Bill Cosby, Diahann Carroll, Joanna Shimkus, KBE, New York, Poitier, Sidney Poitier, Sir Sidney Poitier, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, The Bahamas, Tisch School of the Arts, UNESCO

Denzel Washington and Viola Davis Discuss Acting, Hollywood, the Film Industry, and Much, Much More

• July 12, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Acting, African American History, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Drama, Film, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Television, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Fences, "Shadow and Act", Acting, Actors, African Americans, August Wilson, Black Women, Blacks, Conversation, Drama, Education, Film, Hollywood, Interview, Lynn Hirschberg, New York Times, Racism, Roles, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sidney Poitier, The Film Industry, Times Talk, Viola Davis

The First Lady at Spelman College, Atlanta, May 15, 2011

• May 16, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Alice Walker, Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill Cosby, Booker T. Washington High School, Commencement Speaker, Evelynn Hammonds, Evelynn M. Hammonds, First Lady, Graduating, Graduation, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Juris Doctor, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Memphis, Memphis TN, Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, Quantico Marine Base, Sidney Poitier, Spelman College, White House, You Tube

Hey, “Vanity Fair”! This Is How You Do a Hollywood Issue

• December 15, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, African American History, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, People of Color
Tags: "Shadow and Act", "Vanity Fair", Actors and Actresses, African Americans, Age, Angela Lansbury, Anne Meara, Beauty, Black Women, Blacks, Breck Girls, Carl Reiner, Color, Gena Rowlands, Golden Globes, Halle Berry, Hollywood Reporter, James Earl Jones, Jerry Stiller, Larry Hagman, Legends, Oscars, PC, Phyllis Diller, Politically Correct, Racism, Racism by Omission, Sex, Sidney Poitier, Youth

The Ancestors Claim Singer/Actress/Songwriter Abbey Lincoln, 80

• August 15, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Abbey Lincoln, Acting, African American History, American History, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, Womanism
Tags: "Mo Better Blues", "Nothing But a Man, "The Freedom Suite", Abbey Lincoln, Acting, Activism, Actress, Africa, African Americans, Anna Marie Wooldridge, Billie Holiday, Black Nationalist, Black Women, Blacks, Braided Hair, Chicago IL, Corn Rows, Divorce, Drama, Glamour, Ivan Dixon, Jazz, Jazz Singer, Kinky Hair, Love, Marriage, Max Roach, Michael Jackson, Natural Hair, Racism, Sidney Poitier, Songwriter, Spike Lee, The 2000s, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Sixties, Thelonious Monk, Vitiligo

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