By Rosy Lawrence | April 25, 2023
His acting projects include Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), and Odds Against Tomorrow (1959).
The celebrated actor also had a strong off-stage presence as he was a key strategist, fundraiser and mediator for the civil rights movement.
He saw the civil rights movement as a global struggle and often put his acting career at risk for his activism.
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“I’ve often responded to queries that ask, ‘When as an artist did you decide to become an activist?’ ” he said during an interview. “My response to the question is that I was an activist long before I became an artist. They both service each other, but the activism is first.”
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