OPINION: Steele Is Trapped Behind Bad Timing & A Big Mouth
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By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III
Once again RNC Chairman Michael Steele has taken his rhetoric a bit too far.
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By now, everyone’s seen Shaft and Superfly, the ultimate blaxploitation films, but the relatively shortlived film genre produced hundreds of low budget action and comedy films that allowed filmmakers like Spike Lee and Robert Townsend to have successful careers in film.
Take a look at the trailers for a few blaxploitation films that are essential viewing!
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971)
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GALLERY: Landmark Year In Black History – 1991
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