Spike’s Lee Do The Right Thing, is a critically acclaimed film that was inducted into the Library of Congress ten years after it’s release because of its cultural importance. This drama/comedy tells the

story of the developing racial tension in Brooklyn, which reaches a crossroads on the hottest day of the summer. This Spike Lee Joint remains relevant to this day as we still continue

to overcome both racial tensions and police brutality. 

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Actor Idris Elba stars in this film as the late South African President Nelson Mandela. The movie records Mandela from the time he was incarnated at 27-years old and later on his

life as the hero and leader of an apartheid riddled South Africa. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom shows colonization and racism on an international level. It is a reminder to us

all of how these issues continue to be tremendously damaging to be of color around the world.

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The Long Walk Home stars Whoopi Goldberg and Sissy Spacek is an American historical drama that unfortunately overlooked by many. The acting is excellent, and this film tightly makes a connection between

the Civil Rights movement, and the women’s movement—as Spacek’s character finally finds her spine and comes out of the protective shell she’s been living in for far too long.  

It’s a pretty intense film at times, but that was how Alabama was during the time of the Civil Rights Movement, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It’s totally worth watching again or

for the first time. 

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This documentary from 2011 tells the actual story of Richard and Mildred Loving, the interracial couple who in 1958 went on a legal crusade to fight for their right to

marry one another. Their legal battle resulted in the landmark Supreme Court ruling we all know as Loving v. Virginia, which made it legal for interracial couples all across America to

marry. 

This Lee Daniels’ all-star-casted film is the story of Cecil Gaines, an African American White House butler, played by Forest Whitaker who served eight American presidents, during and posts the Civil Rights

era in the U.S. The movie follows Gaines and his family as they tell the Black narrative of the time, but this time through the lens of the most coveted home in America. 

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If you haven’t seen this movie, it’s definitely a must see. This biopic is true story about the young black man Oscar Grant III, played by Michael B. Jordan who

was brutally shot and killed by Bay Area police on New Years Eve in 2008. This movie displays the shocking police brutality we have seen too many time since the day

this shooting went viral.

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This classic, timeless film gave Oprah an Oscar and is one of Whoopi Goldberg’s most iconic roles to date. Whether or not you’ve seen this movie before, it’s definitely a must-watch. 

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This flick stars Cuba Gooding who plays Samuel Woodward, a slave that is in search of freedom so he decides to risk his life and escapes with his family from the

Monroe Plantation in Virginia.

As Samuel and his family make their way through the Underground Railroad and head to Canada a notorious slave owner is hunting them. This film really

tells a wonderful story about a family that is encouraged and saved by their faith to get them to a place where they can be truly free.

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This documentary takes an in-depth look into our prison system, and the history of the incarceration of black people. The title of the movie is in reference to the 13th Amendment of

the Constitution, and in order to know what the exact connection is you’ll have to check out this top ranked movie of 2016. 

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Trevor Noah will have your rolling on the floor laughing so hard as he jokes about how constantly he gets mistaken for different races, and how he's integrated to the American culture

since moving here from South Africa. His special centers around his identity as a mixed-race South African and his journey to America, where as it turns out is totally more complicated than

in the land of apartheid. 

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