In the 1950s, when segregation was still widespread, his ascent to the upper echelon of show business was historic. But his primary focus was civil rights.
Tag: Civil Rights Movement (1954-68)
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A Campaign in Harlem Is Karmic Justice as Trump Awaits Trial
Yusef Salaam runs for office, while the man who reviled him faces charges.
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Lyndon Johnson Was No Friend of Martin Luther King Jr.
The president was more of an antagonist to King and conspirator with J. Edgar Hoover than he has been portrayed.
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Kwame Brathwaite, 85, Photographer With a Lens on Black Pride, Is Dead
Part of the ‘Black is beautiful’ movement during the civil rights era, he trained his camera on athletes, musicians and models as well as everyday people.