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Black Stories Told by White People

Copied without comments (Esquire, Dec., 2013). Used for company event theme of  White American History Month (all of March).
  • 42 (movie director)
  • Mandela (movie director)
  • The Slave (1936, Richard Hildreth, 1st antislavery novel published in America and inspiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin.
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)
  • Porgy and Bess (1935, George and Ira Gershwin)
  • Cry the Beloved Country (1948, Alan Paton)
  • The Amos 'n' Andy Show (1951)
  • Hurricane (1975, Bob Dylan, chronicles the dubious murder trial and conviction of boxer Rubin Carter)
  • The Jeffersons, et. al. (1975-1985, Norman Lear)
  • Glory (1989, Matthew Broderick)
  • Ballad: "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" (1993, Miss Arkansas sings the ballad for the talent portion of the Miss America pageant, Dreamgirls)
  • The Wire (2002-2008, David Simon)
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012, a hurricane Katrina fantasy film)