Martin Luther King

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    Samuel L. Jackson recounts serving as an usher at MLK's funeral and fleeing the FBI

    The Oscar-nominated actor reflects on the events of 50 years ago that led him to become a social justice warrior as a young man.

  • NewsBen Falk

    1968: The Most Racially-Charged Oscars Ever?

    With the #OscarsSoWhite controversy at the top of the agenda, we look back at the 1968 Academy Awards ceremony, broadcast six days after the death of Martin Luther King and featuring nominations for race-focused films like ‘In The Heat of the Night’ and ‘Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner’. It wasn’t until the announcement of the Best Actor award towards the end of 10 April that the 1968 Oscars properly acknowledged the tension that had been emanating round the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium all night