Famous Black Americans During the month of February we focus our attention on famous black Americans as we celebrate black history month. ... He did not want to be known as a slave owner so Scott tried to bring his suit in federal court, out the Supreme Court decided against Scott because he was black and definitely not a citizen of Missouri. ... Halle Berry lives this freedom so well as she strives to become one of the most famous actresses today of any nationality. ...

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He goes so far as to call it "a backhanded slap in the face to black Americans." ... So, as argued, racism is encouraged and blacks are portrayed as deviant law officials. ... Halle Berry won best actress for her performance in Monster's Ball as a woman who begins dating a white man who was indirectly responsible for her husband's death. ... Altogether, these Oscars amount to a denigration of blacks, and gratification to the white movie going public in seeing blacks in roles impossible to respect. ... What those who preach about unfairness toward blacks ignore is that there are blac...

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In 2002, Halle Berry became the first African American to win an Oscar after years of mostly white actors and actresses. ... It might be said that that whites abuse blacks psychologically by saying they had achieve nothing in the past .Yet the fact remains that African Americans are most written about, most studied and at times most defended ethnic group in America"(Earns1).African American's Influence on American culture is tremendous and phenomenal. ... The entertainment industry has been influenced greatly by African American movies, film and music; from Sydney Poitier to Denzel Washin...

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