Why were there no prominent black movie stars pre 70s aside from sidney poitier? Was everyone still that racist then?
>>214941800Yes, actually. People were still really racist right up until the nineties I would say. It's only in recent years it's got seriously out of control.
>>214941800Paul Robeson. Sammi Davis Jr dating whites was scandalous cos miscegenation laws weren't repealed until 1967
>>214941800because people back then were based
>>214941800Harry Belafonte?