Robert Earl Jones, father of James Earl Jones, appeared in Oscar Michaeux films, on Broadway and with Robert Redford in The Sting. In the 1930s, he was a boxer and the sparring partner of Joe Louis. Blacklisted in the 1950s, he appeared in an uncredited role as the club employee who offers Harry Belafonte a “piece of iron” in the 1959 film noir Odds Against Tomorrow.
Photo by Carl Van Vechten. - Old Black Hollywood
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| Te'Reisha, judicial law clerk in San Francisco, CA passed the bar Nov.20, 2015. Her hopes her passage of the bar gives hope to the hopeless in her community in Richmond, CA. |
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| Zora Neal Hurston's words. |
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| Assaata Shakur, Black Panther, political activist |
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