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Robert Dentler, a sociologist who helped Judge Garrity draft the busing plan, criticized Common Ground for "distorted, questionable legends" and a "docudramatic method of reporting" that "cloak[ed] the ignorance, fear, and hostility of the minority of citizens in the white enclaves of Boston who initiated racial violence in the robe of civic innocence."
Robert John Downey Sr. (né Elias Jr.; June 24, 1936 – July 7, 2021) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He was known for writing and directing the underground film Putney Swope (1969), a satire on the New York Madison Avenue advertising world.
Almost twenty years later, he received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for Common Ground, [11] as well as the U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction, [12] the National Book Critics Award, [13] the 1985-1986 Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Book Award [14] and the Political Book of the Year Award.
In 2022, the husband and wife duo made headlines with Sr., an emotional documentary that explores the relationship between Robert Downey Jr. and his father, Robert Downey Sr.
The Common Ground, by Herbie Mann, or the title instrumental, 1960; Common Ground, by Tom Chapin, 2001; Common Ground, by Mazgani, 2013; Common Ground, by Kathryn Tickell, 1988; Common Ground (Above & Beyond album), or the title song, 2018; Common Ground (Big Big Train album), or the title song, 2021; Common Ground, or the title song, by Andy ...
Robert John Downey Jr. was born on April 4, 1965, in Manhattan, New York City, the younger of the two children. [3] His father, Robert Downey Sr., was a filmmaker, while his mother, Elsie Ann (née Ford), was an actress who appeared in Downey Sr.'s films. [4] Downey's father was Jewish, while Downey's mother had Scottish, German, and Swiss ...
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