Growing up, learning about a culture of struggle grown folks were managing and spoke of were made into motion pictures.
Boys in the Hood
Class Act
Miracle at Saint Anna
RedTails
Baby Boy
Rosewood
Mississippi Burning
A Time To Kill
Queen
Friday
stand up acts by Eddie Murphy and Richard Prior
Some of the music icons included
Mahailia Jackson
Muddy Waters
Ray Charles
BB King
Sam Cooke
James Brown
Al Green
Marvin Gaye
Social and personal responsibility rests upon an individual to appreciate aspects of black culture.
Tell me about black history from your perspective. Were all characters role models, perfect citizens and scholars? Didn't think so. We turn to the people we trust of this generation to introduce us to the stories of Medgard Evers, Nikki Giovanni, Cornell West, Melisa Harris Perry, Tyler Perry and Tj Holmes.
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