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Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs with Rod Steiger in scene from movie "In the Heat of the Night." In the conclusion of "The Early Show" 's "Time Machine" series, weather anchor and features reporter Dave Price "traveled" back to the year 1967, the year of the "Summer of Love." He returned dressed in suede pants, among other iconic garb of the era, ...

I've been looking forward to Black Dynamite since I first saw the promo writer/star Michael Jai White put together last year.

If you have never seen a production of this play written by Lorraine Hansberry, make a point of seeing it because it is a landmark in the history of black performance and one of the key symbols of the Civil Rights movement.

The United States Embassy in Jamaica and the Jamaica Library Service began its classic film series yesterday with a screening of To Kill a Mockingbird.

It has been more years than I care to think about when I last saw Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking play, "A Raisin in the Sun." As I prepared to review it during its current all-too-short run at the Weston Playhouse, I wondered if it stood the test of time and would it move me as much as the first time I saw it.

August 31st, 2009 by Brian Daye in Brian Daye , Film , Film Reviews For those who are devotees of film, or in this case, film acting, or deeper still, minimalist acting 101, check out Brother John , a 1971 film starring Sidney Poitier as John Kane.

"A Raisin in the Sun," Lorraine Hansberry's prize-winning modern classic that featured Sidney Poitier in its Broadway debut 50 years ago, will wrap up The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company's 2009 summer Main Stage season with performances from Aug.

Not involved with the original film , Barbara Kopple returned to the 25th and 30th anniversary events of Woodscock in 1994 and 1999 to draw comparisons.

President Obama honored Sidney Poitier with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on August 12, 2009 at the White House for his life work on interracial relations.

Some people explore their roots through genealogy and the creation of family trees.

President Barack Obama Wednesday conferred America's highest civilian honor on 16 examples of unshakeable human spirit, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and British scientist Stephen Hawking.

Stars who die young generate tear-stained legends and what-if speculation. Stars who age age gracefully and keep working steadily don't gain the same adulation.

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President Barack Obama wants to honor "agents of change" in presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Stars who die young generate tear-stained legends and what-if speculation. Stars who age age gracefully and keep working steadily don't gain the same adulation.

There is something wonderfully romantic and tragic about old Hollywood. Unattainably beautiful women and men said terribly smart, touching and funny things while setting standards even beyond their own grasps.

The Tolerance Education Center in Rancho Mirage invites residents to free showings Wednesday of the 1967 film "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner." The classic film ,which stars Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn is about a white couple who meets their daughter's fiance, a black man, for the first time.

Richard Roundtree starred in one of the films that sparked the blaxploitation movement -- the original 1971 film, "Shaft." It lasted too long to be a fad, and was probably too much fun to be a movement.

Percival Everett made news 20 years ago at the South Carolina State House, where he stopped in the middle of a speech - he had been invited by the Legislature - and refused to go on because of the presence of the Confederate flag.

Principal James Garza strode onto El Segundo High's North Quad, tennis courts behind him, and pointed to the school's bell tower.