One of the early stars of cinema, Al Jolson is also one of the most problematic. From an era that gave us the 1915 racist film The Birth of a Nation, a celebration of the Ku Klux Klan featuring White ...
A young African-American woman, growing up in Tennessee in the 1960s, prepared for her first job interview. Surprisingly enough, this young talented woman was turned down for her “unruly” appearance, ...