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Five decades ago, at the height of the civil-rights movement, America’s most beloved movie actor was a black man whose three films that year—To Sir, with Love; In the Heat of the Night; and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner—made him king of the Hollywood box office. How the actor’s coolly uncompromising navigation of that status helped send a pointed message to white America.

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While this is not my official retirement post. I do want to let everyone know that I will not be posting regularly for the time being. I don’t know what the future of the Oxford Cloth Button Blog is (I have a few ideas), but I want to thank you all for your encouragement, participation, …

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Actor, Film Director. Born in Miami, Florida, the son of Bahamian farmers, he was raised on Cat Island until the age of 10 before his family relocated to Nassau. At the age of 15, he briefly moved to Miami to live with his brother's extended family, before relocating to New York City the following year. During the...

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