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Blacksburg Middle School's drama students are performing twice for elementary school students.

Director Fred Sternfeld, Kyle Primous and Kristi Little rehearse a scene in Karamu Theatre's "Yellowman." For Americans of African descent, race is not just a matter of black and white.

Just as they felt about Spike Lee's film "School Daze" 21 years ago, some African Americans are giving a chilly reception to Chris Rock's new movie, "Good Hair," because each film in its way reveals something about black people that a lot of black people don't believe is anybody else's business.

When I was watching Good Hair , I was disappointed that the filmmakers didn't use this clip from Spike Lee's 1990 collegiate musical School Daze , with the straight-haired girls facing off against the nappy-haired ones in a dance number.

Commanding black performer Bill Nunn made his feature debut in fellow Morehouse College graduate Spike Lee's "School Daze" but really etched himself into moviegoers' minds as a formidable screen presence in his.... Commanding black performer Bill Nunn made his feature debut in fellow Morehouse College graduate Spike Lee's "School Daze" but really ...

The subject of follicle prejudice in the African-American community is a fascinating one that's been rather shortchanged in mainstream entertainment; the last time I remember it really boiling to the surface is in the brutally honest "Straight and Nappy" production number in Spike Lee's 1988 effort School Daze .

I went to the movies to see the new Chris Rock documentary, "Good Hair," which explores the history of African-American women and their hair.

This pretty, stage-trained singer, dancer and actress got her start singing in church as a small child.

Award-winning director Spike Lee and a film crew spent Wednesday at the childhood home of Michael Jackson filming a documentary about the King of Pop.

Filmmaker Spike Lee spoke to a standing-room-only crowd at the University of Tennessee on Monday night, offering suggestions to students -- with added instructions for African-American students -- on how to get ahead in today's world.

"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today." - Malcolm X As a brand-new school year begins, the entire community needs to take time to reflect on the importance of education to the future of our children and our children's children.

In 1992 he won a Tony Award for his work in August Wilson 's play Two Trains Running , and in 1993 he won an Emmy Award for his guest appearance on the television show Tribeca .

A personable African-American actor who gained prominence as the fast-talking girl-watching Dwayne Wayne on the NBC sitcom "A Different World", Hardison got his start doing a small turn in the "The Color of Friendship",.... A personable African-American actor who gained prominence as the fast-talking girl-watching Dwayne Wayne on the NBC sitcom "A ...

In 1989, the warnings were dire. The Spike Lee film "Do the Right Thing," critics and columnists said, would provoke violence and disrupt race relations.

"Wake up!" The first words of director Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing echo the last lines of his previous film, School Daze .

It's hard to believe that it's already been 20 years since the summer of '89 when Do the Right Thing made such a splash upon arriving in theaters.

Spike Lee was thirty-one years old when he made Do the Right Thing , but it was only his third feature film; his first, She's Gotta Have It , was an indie sensation, while its follow-up, School Daze , proved a profitable urban hit in spite of mishandling by Columbia Pictures.

Although Omar Tyree has written 12 novels, he is most known for "Flyy Girls." At the mention of the title during a lecture at Florida A&M University, women began to clap and cheer in adoration.

According to the study's author, C. Kirabo Jackson , this is the first study to show that a school's racial makeup may have a direct impact on the quality of its teachers.

On this weekend's "Our World with Black Enterprise," director Spike Lee sits down with host Ed Gordon for a no holds barred interview rife with the artist's trademark frankness.