Old Hollywood Spotlight: Ruby Dee

February is all about loving oneself and others and celebrating Black History Month. Therefore, it is only fair to dedicate this month’s Old Hollywood Spotlight to the inspiring Ruby Dee. The titles actress, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, poet, and activist describe her well-rounded life and career. Ruby Dee’s life began in Ohio, and she grew up in New York’s […]

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Old Hollywood Spotlight: Sidney Poitier

Among the political and social changes occurring across the country during the 1960s, America was torn between supporters of racial segregation and the Civil Rights Movement. As we discovered in last month’s spotlight on Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong, Hollywood slowly opened its gates to offer opportunities to non-white actors. This month we look at the […]

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Celebrating MLK Day!

Today, we as an American nation celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the tireless efforts of one man on behalf of Civil Rights. Although I’m sure you’re all familiar with the work of Martin Luther King Jr. by now, this is why we celebrate him, in his widow Coretta Scott King’s own words: […]

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Begin Helping Others This MLK Day

Martin Luther King, Jr. represented a new beginning for America during the 1950s and 1960s. Among other civil rights activists, such as Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez, King was such a driving force for people’s right to equality that a national holiday has been created to honor him. As a Baptist minister and a social activist, King was […]

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Women’s History Month + 5 Underrepresented Women in History

It’s March again — A.K.A. Women’s History Month, of course! After a series of unofficial community, school district, and women’s organization celebrations of Women’s History Week, United States President Jimmy Carter declared the week of March 8, 1980, National Women’s History Week. Later in 1980, the National Women’s History Project (NWHP) was founded in order to […]

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