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Frederick O'Neal
Frederick O'Neal was an American actor and labor leader. He co-founded the American Negro Theatre and was involved in civil rights activism. O'Neal was also the first African American president of the Actors' Equity Association, fighting for fair representation and diversity in the entertainment industry.
Titles credited to Frederick O'Neal
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
A documentary look at the confluence of the Red scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and better roles on radio, television, and stage. It beg...
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Take a Giant Step
This pioneering film in the history of African-American cinema, released two years before "A Raisin In The Sun", is the coming-of-age story of a Black high-school student living in a middle-class whit...
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