In 1965 the world watched as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lead marches on a relentless campaign for voting rights in Selma, Ala. In 2015, the movie “Selma” has placed the pivotal moment in the fight for voting rights back on the national radar for all of America and the world to see. Ava DuVernay, […]
Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne Now,” talked with Carmen Ejogo about her role as Coretta Scott King in the Martin Luther King, Jr. biopic “Selma” during a recent press event. Martin told Ejogo that many people described Mrs. King as a “rose in a fisted glove” and in “Selma” there were moments when Ejongo had to […]
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