Shaft

He was the first Black action star and a cultural icon.

He was the first Black game show host in U.S. TV history.

Joseph Mascolo, an actor who was known best for portraying the villainous Stefano DiMera on the daytime soap opera “Days of Our Lives,” died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, according to …

Moses Gunn was an award-winning actor on stage and screen. In the 1960s he helped expand opportunities for African-American actors when he co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company, which boasts among …

He became Hollywood’s first major black director with “The Learning Tree” and the hit “Shaft.”