Hollywood

Explore some of the motion picture industry’s best films about the civil rights movement, interracial romance and how different minority groups experience the holidays with this list of movies. This overview highlights everything from the most racially diverse Christmas films to interracial romance films involving gay couples.

Today, interracial romances are commonly depicted on the small and big screen, alike. But that wasn’t always the case. As recently as the 1960s, cinema featuring interracial love stories faced boycotts and banning in parts of the U.S. Despite such opposition, filmmakers persisted in developing storylines with interracial couples. Often, these movies used the trials and tribulations of racially …

This overview of civil rights movies from the late 1980s on illustrates which films in the genre offer a balanced perspective of the movement and which films fall short. "Boycott," starring Jeffrey Wright, "Ghosts of Mississippi," starring Whoopi Goldberg and Sissy Spacek, and "Mississippi Burning," starring Gene Hackman and Willem Defoe, are...

Want a better grasp of the civil rights movement? Check out this roundup of documentary films that chronicle the black, Latino and Asian-American quest for racial justice in the U.S. Learn more about the role people such as Fred Korematsu, Cesar Chavez, Emmett Till and the Freedom Riders played in the fight for equity by consulting this diverse...

Year after year, many families watch the same Christmas movies that have been in rotation during the holiday season for decades. Not only are most of these holiday films in black-and-white, they also feature entirely white casts. For families of color, these holiday film classics fall short. Fortunately, contemporary films capture what the...

Just five actors of Latin American heritage have won Academy Awards. Learn more about these actors and their performances with this list of Latino Oscar winners.

A number of celebrities have sparked controversy for saying the dreadful N-word in recent years. Find out which notable people made this dubious list. The stars included are actors, musicians and reality stars, to name a few. What’s more, they come from a range of racial backgrounds. Can you name any of the celebrities in question?

In the early days of Hollywood, Native American actors were relegated to stereotypical roles in Cowboys and Indians flicks. Although Hollywood still has much progress to make in how it represents American Indians, talented Native American and First Nations actors from the U.S. and Canada have been leaving their mark on the film industry by...

Classic Hollywood icons often downplayed their ethnic makeup because studios demanded it. This led many famous people to engage in the practice known as “passing for white.” Do you know which stars passed for white in film or in their personal lives?

Black music. White music. These terms seem outdated, but for years segregation in music was a real problem. This made it all the more remarkable when black musicians and white musicians collaborated on projects together. Discover 10 of the most notable interracial musical collaborations to take place from the 1980s to the present.

How did MTV shift from arguably shutting African American musicians out in the 1980s to routinely spotlighting their contributions decades later? This brief history of the channel shows how MTV and black music overcame their rocky history.

How did Public Enemy rise to fame by tackling racism in songs such as “Burn Hollywood Burn” and “911 Is a Joke”? This Public Enemy biography shows how the group topped album charts with a militant message.

This profile of Rage Against the Machine front man Zack de la Rocha chronicles his journey as a racially alienated youth in Orange County to an outspoken anti-racist musician.