Robert's Black Heritage Page
Ava DuVernay is the first black woman to win 'Best Director' at Sundance Film Festival for her second feature, Middle of Nowhere. The seldom-told story of a black woman struggling to support her incarcerated husband, Middle of Nowhere depicts African-American women with a subtle humanity. This film was also distributed nationally in major theater chains, a rare accomplishment for a black, female director. - anon.
Emlen Tunnell was the first African American to play for the New York Giants in 1948 and was the first African American inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1967. - anon
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Ava DuVernay is the first black woman to win 'Best Director' at Sundance Film Festival for her second feature, Middle of Nowhere. The seldom-told story of a black woman struggling to support her incarcerated husband, Middle of Nowhere depicts African-American women with a subtle humanity. This film was also distributed nationally in major theater chains, a rare accomplishment for a black, female director. - anon.
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| New York was a little over 100 years as a slave free state in 1948. |
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