Keyword: african american history

The Six Triple Eight

5.3

2024

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855 women joined the war to fix the three-year backlog of undelivered mail. Faced with discrimination and a country devastated by war, they managed to sort more than 17 million pieces of mail ahead of time.

The Banker

5.9

2020

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In the 1960s two African-American entrepreneurs hire a working-class white man to pretend to be the head of their business empire while they pose as a janitor and chauffeur.

Glory

8.3

1989

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Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil Wars first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.

Judas and the Black Messiah

6.6

2021

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Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William ONeal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.

Red Tails

6.3

2012

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A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard.

The Butler

7.4

2013

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As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this mans life, family, and American society.

Selma

7.2

2014

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A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.

Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America

3.3

2018

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Based on Ronald Daltons book series of the same name, the film aims to prove the Black Hebrew Israelites (BHI) belief that certain people of color, including Black Americans, are the true descendants of the biblical Israelites.

The Tuskegee Airmen

6.6

1995

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The true story of how a group of African American pilots overcame racist opposition to become one of the finest US fighter groups in World War II

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

6.3

1984

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This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. Hes a born freeman who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them. However, that is not their intention; they have kidnapped him and sold him into slavery. Now he has to endure the hardships that he has been spared because of his status as a freeman. And his family who dont know what happened to him is searching for him but where do they go? And Solomon also wishes to let them know where he is so that they could get him but unfortunately no one believes his story or is willing to help him.

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

8

2022

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Inspired by David Blights Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

5.5

2021

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A documentary celebrating the Black cultural renaissance that existed in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, OK, and investigates the 100-year-old race massacre that left an indelible, though hidden stain on American history.