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Nov. 15, 2011
Awards
‘The Butler’ at the academy: Freedom Riders, palpable pain
Dec. 18, 2013
“Lee Daniels’ The Butler” opened in mid-August, and, in the ensuing months, its namesake director has participated in countless Q&As and receptions both to promote the movie and to keep it alive in the Oscar conversation.
Movies
In the spring of 1961, civil rights leaders put out a call to fill the jails of Mississippi, and a shy, slender math major from New York named Bob Filner decided to join a Freedom Ride beginning on the campus of Cornell University.
Feb. 11, 1989
“Lee Daniels’ The Butler” tells the story of Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker), a White House butler who serves eight presidents and is caught up in the tumultuous civil rights movement.
Dec. 19, 2013
‘The Butler’ more about family and love than race
World & Nation
Taking a trip into history with the Freedom Riders
Jan. 8, 2011
Business
Motorcycles race into summer movies
May 5, 2012
There is a time, says the Bible, which ought to know, for every purpose under heaven, and in the world of theatrical movies, the past several years have been the time for elaborately ballyhooed re-releases of classic films.
July 10, 1994
Travel & Experiences
In 1961, riders black and white headed South to test the region’s segregation laws. Things turned violent in Alabama. Fifty years later, cities along the route are marking the rides with exhibit, murals and a new museum.
April 11, 2013