The actress famously turned down a role in The King and I, because she refused to play the role of a slave. The actress was very outspoken about her frustration with the lack of roles available to her in Hollywood, and her decision to refuse a starring role in a major picture emphasized that.
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BABATUNDE OLATUNJI
Baba sparked a deep sense of pride among African Americans by strongly promoting images of African culture, which in a subtle but significant way, helped set in motion the currents of the early civil rights movement,”
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August 2, 2020
HARRY BELAFONTE
His many firsts in the overturning of numerous racial barriers in the world of culture in America are legend.
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JESSE WILLIAMS
Jesse began his professional career teaching American, African and African-American History in low income Philadelphia public charter schools
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March on Washington, 1963
He didn’t take a knee, he protested peacefully, but they killed him anyway.