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On October 6, Spartacus premiered – the first movie to bear Trumbo's name since he had received story credit on Emergency Wedding in 1950. In the period from 1947 to 1960, Trumbo had written or co-written approximately 17 motion pictures without credit. Exodus followed in December 1960, also bearing Trumbo's name. The blacklist was now ...
Warren K. Leffler's photograph of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the National Mall. Beginning with the murder of Emmett Till in 1955, photography and photographers played an important role in advancing the civil rights movement by documenting the public and private acts of racial discrimination against African Americans and the nonviolent response of the movement.
Anita Jane Bryant (March 25, 1940 – December 16, 2024) was an American singer and a Christian activist against gay rights in the United States.She had three top 20 hits in the United States in the early 1960s.
1950. The Jackie Robinson Story; No Way Out; 1951. Go for Broke! The Well; 1952. Japanese War Bride; Toxi; 1954. Salt of the Earth [note 1] 1955. Bad Day at Black Rock; 1956. Giant; 1957. 12 Angry Men; Edge of the City; Island in the Sun; Sayonara; 1958. The Defiant Ones; The Mark of the Hawk (US/UK) South Pacific; 1959. Come Back, Africa ...
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The Jazz Singer, which was released in 1927, is another example of white actors using blackface, instead of films hiring black actors and actresses These early films influenced the early growth of racism in Hollywood. Recognition for African American performances throughout the history of motion pictures is awarded less often.
Some celebrities achieve fame overnight. For others, it’s a slow rise to stardom. Regardless of how they get there, a massive fall from grace makes it very tough to get back up again.
Though the television show American Bandstand helped to "sanitize" the negative image of greasers in the 1960s and 1970s, sexual promiscuity was still seen as a key component of the modern character. [21] By the mid-1970s, the greaser image had become a quintessential part of 1950s nostalgia and cultural revival. [22]