1. Media and African American Men and Women
Early depiction of African Americans in Hollywood According to From Slavery to Freedom African Americans were "outraged " when the movie Birth of a Nation was introduced to America. ... The movie was so horrid, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) had to take action and protest the movie's release. ... In 1980's, the movie Color Purple portrayed a no nonsense women named Sofia played by actress Oprah Winfrey. ... Since the 1930's movie Birth of a Nation blacks have been conveyed as toms, coons and bucks and black women as Mammy's and concub...
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