Retro Rewind: Hollywood Blacklists Eartha Kitt

Published: Saturday 15th Apr 2017 by David

Welcome to Retro Rewind, the TGJ original feature carved out to honour artists who used their lives to enrich the lives of others.

Today, as the world of professional football punishes Colin Kaepernick for taking a stand against systemic racism against the African-American community, we revisit the moment in time which saw Eartha Kitt penalised for doing the same.

After discovering the ways in which the U.S. government was using legislation to stifle the African-American experience, Kitt found herself unable to turn a blind eye when the same government asked the same African-Americans to risk their lives by fighting its wars.

What happened when she raised her concerns during a visit to the White House?

Watch below…


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  1. Bam Bam April 15, 2017

    After watching Feud: Bette & Joan, and discovering people like Hedda Harper Hollywood has always silenced people who have stood up again at injustice, especially black people. Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandrige were also blacklisted for standing up for the rights of black people.

  2. chita chijioke September 10, 2020

    discovering people like Hedda Harper Hollywood News has always silenced people who have stood up again at injustice, especially black people. Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandrige were also blacklisted for standing up for the rights of black people

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