In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it is mistaken.
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February 24, 2021
RUBY DEE
Racism is a disease of democracy. Our country could be one of the greatest countries that god ever imagined, were it not for this thing of racism…This grand experiment that is America is tainted by racism and bigotry, and these kinds of hatreds…This ridiculous thing of racism.”
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February 20, 2021
RUPAUL CHARLES
In 1991, RuPaul was signed to a recording contract by Tommy Boy Records, and two years later his debut album, Supermodel of the World, appeared. He found a hit with the single “Supermodel (You Better Work),” which reached the Top 50 of the pop charts and No. 2 on the dance club charts.
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February 20, 2021
HALLE BERRY
In 1999, Berry released her most passionate project to date, co-producing and starring in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, an HBO biopic.
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September 16, 2020
JOHN SINGLETON
Mr. Singleton produced some of the films he directed, as well as other movies, like Craig Brewer’s “Hustle & Flow” (2005), which starred Terrence Howard, who earned an Oscar nomination for best actor.
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September 16, 2020
ERNEST DICKERSON
In 1992, Dickerson made his directorial debut with Juice, which he co-wrote with Gerard Brown, who wrote the screenplay.
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September 16, 2020
SPIKE LEE
Spike has directed and produced over thirty films since his first feature film, She’s Gotta Have It in 1986.
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August 31, 2020
DELROY LINDO
Even with second and third generation black people who were born British citizens, there is still this element of, ‘You don’t belong here’ and ‘You are an immigrant.’”
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August 30, 2020
LORRAINE HANSBERRY
Early in her writing life, she was mentored by both W. E. B. Du Bois and Langston Hughes.