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      Queen Latifah to Lead Star-Studded Special to Remember Martin Luther King's Historic March

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      The actress is going to be joined by a number of activists and fellow celebrities like Amanda Seales and Donald Glover for the upcoming Facebook Watch event.
      Aug 27, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Queen Latifah is set to commemorate the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s March on Washington with a new Facebook Watch special.
      An estimated 250,000 people marched to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African-Americans, culminating in Martin Luther King Jr.s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech on 28 August, 1963.
      On Thursday (27Aug20), the singer and Oscar-nominated actress will be joined by civil rights activists, educators, entertainers and other speakers who will address the history of systemic racism while encouraging viewers to vote in November’s (20) U.S. election.
      Among those confirmed to speak during the “Change Together: From the March” on Washington to Today special are Amanda Seales, Angela Rye, Common, Danny Glover, Fat Joe, Heather McGhee, Jamarria Hall, Kendrick Sampson, LaTosha Brown, Matt McGorry, and Will Packer, who will also executive produce.
      “I can’t think of a more important time than now to recognise the powerful changemakers from the ’60s and how we can bring the same needed energy to the present,” Latifah said in a statement.
      “I hope you love watching this program as much as I loved hosting it.”

      The special will stream live at 12 pm ET and will be featured on Facebook’s #LiftBlackVoices tab. Tune in here: facebook.com.

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      Queen Latifah Talks Racist Treatment Received by 'Gone With the Wind' Star Hattie McDaniel at Oscars

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      The ‘Living Single’ star urges people not to celebrate ‘Gone With the Wind’ for Hattie McDaniel’s Oscar win because the black actress received horrendous discriminations at the awards show.
      Jun 17, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Queen Latifah has mixed emotions about the decision by HBO Max bosses to reinstate “Gone with the Wind” because the 1939 film is often wrongly considered a civil rights success story due to Hattie McDaniel’s Oscar win.
      The movie was pulled from the new streaming service earlier this month, June 2020 after film critics suggested the racist and slavery undertones of the story were too much for the current era following weeks of Black Lives Matter protests.
      African-American filmmaker Spike Lee urged HBO Max bosses to reconsider and now the film will return to the site with an introduction from Jacqueline Stewart, a Cinema and Media Studies professor at the University of Chicago in Illinois.
      But Latifah, who portrayed “Gone With the Wind” star McDaniel in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix hit “Hollywood”, feels viewers should also be educated on Hattie’s role in the 1939 film, which earned her the first Academy Award for an African-American.
      “They didn’t even let her in the theatre until right before she got that award,” the “Chicago” star says. “Someone came outside and brought her into the auditorium. She wasn’t even allowed to sit in there.”
      “And then she had to read a speech that was written by a studio. You know that’s not what the hell she wanted to say…”
      “Then after that, all she could do was play the same kinds of roles…, so the opportunities at that time and the way that those in power in that business were relegating us and marginalising us and not allowing us to grow and thrive after that was just terrible. And a lot of that is still around today.”

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      Queen Latifah Delivers Rap Tribute for Late Kobe Bryant at NBA All-Star Game

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      Taking the stage at the basketball event, the ‘U.N.I.T.Y.’ rapper adds her salute to the late NBA legend when performing a rendition of Stevie Wonder’s ‘Love’s In Need of Love Today’.
      Feb 17, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Queen Latifah delivered a touching tribute to the late Kobe Bryant as she took the stage at the NBA (National Basketball Association) All-Star Weekend on Saturday, February 15 in Chicago, Illinois.
      The former Los Angeles Lakers player was one of nine victims who lost their lives in a helicopter crash last month, alongside his teenage daughter Gianna.
      While performing at the basketball event, 49-year-old Latifah gave a rendition of Stevie Wonder’s classic hit “Love’s In Need of Love Today”, and added some of her own words as a tribute to the star.
      Her performance included the lines: “Give love a shot. When you do, say: ‘Kobe!’ Twenty-four hours, eight days a week, trophies!” The phrase “24 hours” makes reference to Kobe’s jersey number, 24.
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      Atlanta Hawks co-owner Grant Hill also gave a nod to Kobe and former NBA commission David Stern while introducing the hitmaker, telling the audience at United Center that, “Like Kobe Bryant, David believed the power of our game to change lives.”
      “And while recognising the tremendous loss we feel in our hearts, we know they would want us to keep our heads up and continue to play on,” he continued. “So, tonight, as we celebrate the game we all love, we’ll reflect and rise together as one NBA family. Here to perform a song with that message in mind is my friend, the great Queen Latifah.”

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