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[1StrongBlackMan]

A Long Walk Home. I love the movie.

I'm soooo glad the Civil Rights Movement, and it's protests, occurred BEFORE the internet.

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Oh - I love that movie

To me - it's the Anti The Help.


That DVD is one of my husband's many excellent movie contributions to our marriage!

[randys1]

2. Speaking of movies, I will actually go to the theater to see this one

http://www.tmz.com/2014/08/26/mike-epps-richard-pryor-movie-lee-daniels-oprah-winfrey-nick-cannon/




point is i never go to the theater anymore

[JustAnotherGen]

3. Once Upon A Time . . . When We were Colored

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114039/

You inspired us to watch this again tonight. Beautiful movie and book.

There's a scene in the movie where the grandfather encounters racism directly and he just let's an ice cream cone melt in his hand to keep his grand son safe.


There's a thread by reddread in GD about five black American men you respect.

All five of mine knew how to do that. To swallow hard sometimes to keep their children safe - but hit hard when we weren't looking.

[LeftInTX]

4. It does seems like the internet has made things worse

I don't get people. I just don't get it.

I love that movie too.

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. No ...

If the Internet had been around during the CRM, folks would have been posting, instead of marching.

[marym625]

5. I love that movie

I watched Raisin in the Sun the other night, about a week after watching A Long Walk Home I wish I could have found the original but I watched the remake. Still was a great movie but the original was better.

I did a little reading on the author, which I had done before but had forgotten. What a brave man and family.