If you’ve seen last year’s critically acclaimed film Selma , you probably recall Diane Nash’s character (played by Tessa Thompson) marching alongside activists like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., James Bevel and (now congressman) John Lewis. Even though it was a small part, don’t let Nash’s small role in the film fool you. She was a crucial […]

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Roland Martin talked with Ava DuVernay, director of “Selma” about the critically acclaimed film and how she became a director during a recent press event.…

An original member of the “Freedom Riders,” a group of Black and White youths who traveled on interstate buses to desegregate the South during the…