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"George and Tammy" had been listed on the Wilmington Regional Film Commission's website as being in pre-production, but "we had to take it off last week," said film commissioner director Johnny Griffin. According to a person with knowledge of the production, "George and Tammy" will shoot in Wilmington sometime next year. According to a news release from FOX TV, "Our Kind of People" comes from executive producer Lee Daniels, known for directing such movies as "Precious" and "The Butler," and for writing and directing the TV series "Empire," among many other projects. Serving as writer and exec...

The first Black woman trustee at the Art Institute, Jones liked to 'lift others up,' a friend recalled.

Published April 21. 2021 5:00PM  The obituary of Lawrence Otis Graham started my interest, maybe for you too. His works explored Black elite society in the mid-1980s and before. Those who are shouting about Black Lives Matter (I agree) do you really know your history or just about slavery? Reginald Lewis, a Harvard Law alumnus, was the richest Black man in America, 1980s. He was worth over $2.5 billion. Evelyn Reid Syphax, also Black, came from a prominent family that owned the land where the Arlington National Cemetery now sits. A college education was made available for some Black Ameri...

Lawrence Otis Graham, author who examined prejudice and privilege in Black America, dies at 59 Emily Langer, The Washington Post March 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Lawrence Otis Graham in 2015.Michael N. Meyer/Cuddy & Feder LLP Lawrence Otis Graham possessed all the qualifications for full-fledged membership in the American elite. He was a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School. At 30, he was a published author and earned $105,000 a year as a corporate lawyer with an office on the 30th floor of a Manhattan office tower. He dressed in a manner befitting his exclusive environs...

Lawrence Otis Graham, lawyer and author who exposed racism, dead at 59 One of Graham's books documented his experiences working undercover at an all-white country club in the early 1990s. Prominent lawyer Lawrence Otis Graham, the eloquent activist and author who exposed racism and detailed life in the Black upper middle class in his 14 bestselling books, reportedly died last Friday. He was 59. No cause of death was released. Lawrence Otis Graham, the eloquent lawyer, activist and author who exposed racism and detailed life in the Black upper middle class in his 14 bestselling books, died S...