Historian, author, and activist Yohuru Williams fact checks civil rights movements from movies and television including ‘Selma,’ ‘Judas and the Black Messiah,’ ‘Malcolm X,’ ‘When They See Us,’ ’42,’ ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ and ‘Do the Right Thing,’ and analyzes their factuality and depiction of the times they represent.
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Historian Reviews Civil Rights Movements in TV & Film, from ‘Selma’ to ‘Malcolm X’ | Vanity Fair