civil rights and MLK

A White Civil Rights Activist Looks Back on Martin Luther King March on Winnetka Village Green

Sally Wendkos Olds wrote about fighting for civil rights: New York had a fair housing law—but if people didn’t apply for housing, the law meant nothing. I remember the words of Mahatma Gandhi: “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.”

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Richard Pryor's family

Part I: Richard Pryor, Jr. reminisces about his famous father and films at BAM

In 1976, Pryor earned $25,000 for the movie, “Car Wash.” In 1983, he earned $4,000,000 for “Superman III.” In Pryor’s words, “I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst. In other words, I had a life.”
New York City reporter, Dorri Olds, sat down for a candid interview with Richard Pryor, Jr.

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