Sentences with phrase «earning black support»
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Liu has also earned the support of some of the city's most prominent African American leaders, with some supporters even dubbing him the real «black candidate» at fundraising events.
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He also received a Best Actor nomination in 1944 for «The Human Comedy» and earned Best Supporting Actor nods in 1957 for «The Bold and the Brave» and 1980 for «The Black Stallion.»
; «Coming Home,» for which he earned a supporting actor Oscar nomination; «Silent Running,» «Black Sunday» and «The Driver.»
Blige, who earned a Globe nomination for her supporting role in «Mudbound,» said the Time's Up campaign and the wear - black protest are important «because there's so many women that don't get a chance to speak in other industries that are not the film industry, the music industry.
The former dancer earned a supporting actor nomination for Douglas Sirk's lush 1959 melodrama «Imitation of Life,» based on Fannie Hurst's novel, as a maid whose light - skinned daughter rejects her and her black roots: «If, by accident, we should ever pass on the street, please don't recognize me.»
«Not including the Mickey Maguire shorts, Mr. Rooney made more than 200 movies, earning a total of four Academy Award nominations — he was nominated for best supporting actor as the fast - talking soldier who dies trying to protect $ 30,000 he won in a craps game in» The Bold and the Brave» (1956) and as the trainer of a wild Arabian horse in» The Black Stallion» (1979).
I was hoping Nicola Yoon's well - earned success would spur the support of more romance - driven novels by and about black characters, and yet I'm having trouble thinking of some that have been pushed in the last couple of years.
When i called PlayStation Support about the $ 15 Credit the guy told me his fav was AC: Botherhood then his 2nd fav was AC: Black Flag but you can earn up to 220 UPLAY points with AC: Unity because of that.
Initially interested in portraiture, Motley found it difficult to earn a living, due in part to the fact that most of the wealthy white patrons favored white artists, and black patrons were either financially unable to or uninterested in supporting black portrait painters.