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Black Power

by Stokely Carmichael It's a privilege and an honor to be in the white intellectual ghetto of the West. This is a student conference, as it should be, held on a campus, and we'll never…

Titian

Tiziano Vecellio -- Titian -- was a sixteenth century Renaissance oil painter from Venice and one of the most influential artists in the history of western art. Although his early years are…

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Universal Studios Home Video; $19.99Feature; NRDirector: Robert Mulligan Cast: Gregory Peck, Brock Peters and Mary Badham For its 35th anniversary, this poignant adaptation of Harper Lee's…

Sam Peckinpah

Name at birth: David Samuel PeckinpahDirector Sam Peckinpah was both hailed and condemned as a pioneer of brutal screen violence in the 1970s. After earning a reputation for writing and directing TV…

Brock Peters 2005 Deaths

Brock PetersAge: 78 actor and singer known for his explosive performances in movies and on the stage. He played Tom Robinson, the black man accused of rape in To Kill a Mockingbird. His other…

Al Sharpton

Name at birth: Alfred Charles Sharpton, Jr.Reverend Al Sharpton is a fiery orator and activist from New York City who became famous in the 1980s for his protests against police brutality and racial…

Errol Flynn

Errol Flynn was one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the 1930s and '40s, famous for his boundless devil-may-care energy in the rousing adventures known as swashbucklers. Errol Flynn spent his youth…

Entertainment News from June 1998

1It's a boffo season for Broadway, with record-setting box office and attendance figures for the 1997–1998 season. Mega-hits such as Ragtime and The Lion King propel ticket sales to $557.26…

Brutus, in ancient Rome

(Encyclopedia) BrutusBrutusbr&oomacr;ˈtəs [key], in ancient Rome, a surname of the Junian gens. Lucius Junius Brutus, fl. 510 b.c., was the founder of the Roman republic. He feigned idiocy to…