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Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day on April 15 every season. Robinson, of course, broke the color barrier in MLB and had a Hall of Fame career with the Dodgers, and he did it all with the class and style most can only dream of, particularly under the circumstances.

The following is a lightly edited commentary. For nearly a century, Sir Sidney Poitier lived and worked in the United States, an actor who consciously and intentionally sought, and refused, roles based upon the portrayal of Black people. If the rules were demeaning or offensive, he passed on them. If…

The Vancouver International Film Festival announced this year’s Black History Month programme, taking place at the VIFF Centre throughout February. Black History Month at VIFF offers audiences an opportunity to engage with Black stories from a range of Black voices from around the world, as well as the richness of international nuanced and empowered Black filmmaking.

In a time when “successful Negroes” were reluctant to upset the status quo, Sidney Poitier was front and center in support of and participation in protesting racial discrimination.

Sidney Poitier wasn't exactly an actor of my time. He was my parents' idol, someone from some bygone Black Hollywood era, usually filmed in a drab, colorless setting that bored a young kid.

Documentaries provide an easy and important way to celebrate the life of a civil rights icon.

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. Congress passed the Martin Luther King Day holiday to make sure that we remember the…

Southern Poets. A surprising variety of American poets, including Edgar Allen Poe, hail from below the Mason Dixon line.

Here’s a look at some of the celebs who worked with Civil Rights Icon.

Here’s a look at some of the celebs who worked with Civil Rights Icon.