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away with it. The fact that he was proud to be a Black man and that he had so much talent ... made some
. Prior to that my hero did a cameo role in o=e of my favorite feature films of all time, •'Requiem for a Heavyweight =80,• starring Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason and Mickey Rooney in 1962. I first met my hero whom at the time my father and others called •"=he Louisville Lip",' during a promotion of one of his
r, rare for blacks in that era. Historian Timuel Black recounts, "They were good looking, clean and imma
rter as told to him by his father:c/=pan> 3 EFTA_R1_01318445 EFTA02346989 "One of the most rem=rkable stories I liked hearing about was how when Jackie Gleason would ride ... al= the porters wanted to be on that run. The reason why? Not only because he g=ve every porter $100.00, but it was just the fun, the
f a president. In view of the indictment against Black Panther David Hilliard for using similar HOUSE_O
e,” | replied quickly. “Of course.” “Vy? Vot's drong viz my Henglish?” | saw Preminger again in 1967. He was making a movie called Skidoo, starring Jackie Gleason as a retired criminal. Preminger told me he had originally intended that role for Frank Sinatra. Skidoo was pro-acid HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015370 propag
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