This is a film clip of 7 Arts CORE member Charles Gordone acting in Ralph Bakshi's 1975 film, "Coonskin". He starred in this film and appeared in another of Bakshi's film, "Heavy Traffic".
CORE and Rev. Al Sharpton demonstrated against the film…
This is a still image of 7 Arts member Charles Gordone. It is taken from the film, "Coonskin" (aka "Street Fight"). An Obie award winning actor, Gordone was also the first Black to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama with his play, "No Place to be…
This is a photo of 7 Arts CORE chairman Jack Jeffers. A bass trombonist, he has played with a Who's Who of the Jazz world, from Clark Terry, Charles Tolliver, Herbie Hancock to Charles Earland. He went on to become the director of the Duke…
This is a film clip of 7 Arts CORE chairman Frances Foster taken from Spike Lee's film "Malcolm X".
She was also featured in Spike Lee's film "Crooklyn".