Sidney Poitier Told Eddie Murphy to Turn Down One Dramatic Movie Role: ‘You Are Not Denzel, and You Are Not Morgan’
"I don’t know if it was an insult or a compliment," Murphy says in the new Apple TV+ documentary 'Number One on the Call ...
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Sidney Poitier Told Eddie Murphy to Turn Down One Dramatic Movie Role: ‘You Are Not Denzel, and You Are Not Morgan’
Norman Jewison was putting it together, and they were gonna use The Autobiography of Malcolm X by [Roots author] Alex Haley. And they approached me about playing Alex Haley." Murphy continues ...
Jonathan Eig had revelations about Martin Luther King. Wait'll you see his next book.
Jonathan Eig, speaking Thursday at the National Writers Series, won a Pulitzer for 'King: A Life.' Now, comes a look at ...
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Jonathan Eig had revelations about Martin Luther King. Wait'll you see his next book.
The source was Alex Haley, before "Roots" made him rich. Both civil rights leaders had connections to Detroit. Two months before King cemented his place in history with his "I Have a Dream" speech ...
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How Tommie Smith and John Carlos’ 1968 Black Power salute inspired me to find my purpose
I watched all of the made-for-TV movies about Dr. King, both “Roots” and “Alex Haley’s Queen,” and sat through all 14 hours of “Eyes On The Prize”—as a child. Bless my heart.