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Al Freeman Jr.
Al Freeman Jr. was an American actor, director, and educator. He was best known for his role as Elijah Muhammad in the 1977 miniseries "Roots" and for portraying police captain Ed Hall on the soap opera "One Life to Live." Freeman was also a professor of theater at Howard University. He passed away in 2012 at the age of 78.
Titles credited to Al Freeman Jr.
Malcolm X
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nati...
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Down in the Delta
A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to her ancestral home in the Mississippi Delta, to live with her uncle and aunt for the summer.
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Black Like Me
Black Like Me is the true account of John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man.
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Finian's Rainbow
An Irish immigrant and his daughter arrive in Kentucky with a magical piece of gold that alters the course of several lives, including those of a struggling farmer and an African American community fa...
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