Like that would happen. In film after film, Poitier brought MLK's integrationist message to mixed audiences. To African American viewers, who were happy to see a dignified Black star. To white ...
“It was kind of a perfect storm.” The groundwork had been laid, even before MLK. Documentary shorts like “The Negro Soldier” (1944), part of Frank Capra’s “Why We Fight” series, were a key part of the ...
Like that would happen. In film after film, Poitier brought MLK’s integrationist message to mixed audiences. To African American viewers, who were happy to see a dignified Black star.
Madonna posted a poignant message honoring Martin Luther King Jr. on the national holiday in his honor Monday, concurring with as President Donald Trump being sworn in for the second time in ...