... nine years in Tennessee State Penitentiary. The following is a newspaper article that is a follow up on the assassination. "Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65. (book reviews) Jon Meacham 01/19/98 Newsweek, Page 62 January 6, 1964, was a long day for Martin Luther King Jr. He spent the morning seated in the reserved section of the Supreme Court ... ...

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... fight his historical oppressors. Blaxploitation films acted as a cleansing process, through which black films were eventually able to accurately depict the African American experience. Directors such as Spike Lee and Jon Singleton were able to create race films' which confronted the serious urban issues of the time, without using old stereotypes. It is important to note, however, that Sweet Sweetback is ... ...

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