Black History Month:Oscar Micheaux
Fun fact: Oscar was an African-American filmmaker whose films were a challenge to segregation in both Hollywood and society in general. He wrote, produced and directed more than 45 films from 1919 to 1948.
Fun fact: Oscar was an African-American filmmaker whose films were a challenge to segregation in both Hollywood and society in general. He wrote, produced and directed more than 45 films from 1919 to 1948.
Fun fact: “Producer, director, writer and actor Spike Lee creates controversial films that explore race relations, political issues and urban crime and violence. His films include She’s Gotta Have It and Do the Right Thing.”
Fun fact: Pam Grier is best known for acting in many “blaxploitation” films in the 1970s.
Fun fact: In 1940, Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American performer to win an Academy Award (the film industry`s highest honor) for her portrayal of a loyal slave governess in Gone With the Wind.
Fun fact: Savage was considered to be one of the leading artists of the Harlem Renaissance, an African-American literary and artistic movement of the 1920s.
Fun fact: Cosby has been Nominated for 17 Grammy Awards and has won nine
Fun Fact: Oprah’s first television news job was at Baltimore’s own WJZ in 1976 when she was only 22 years of age.
Fun fact: “Sway has been a staple of the music-news arena for more than a decade. From giving Eminem and Notorious B.I.G. their very first radio airplay on his local show in the mid-’90s to providing television viewers with their […]
Fun fact: Arthur is the only black male tennis player to win Wimbledon (1975) and the U.S. Open (1968).
Fun fact: The first case study of an African-American community was conducted by writer, educator and civil rights leader, W.E.B. Du Bois.