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Ms. Pam Grier

“She’s the Godmother of them all…The Baddest One-Chick Hit Squad that ever hit town!” So promised the 1973 promotional poster for the American International Pictures

April 18, 2010 No Comments

Crazy, Sexy, Kool Calvin Lockhart

Many Black actors have been faced with difficult choices and obstacles. The Bahamas-born Calvin Lockhart, who has died in 2007 was no exception. The handsome,

April 18, 2010 7 Comments

Benjamin Hooks – A Real Maverick

Mr. Hooks told Ebony magazine soon after he became the association’s executive director in 1977. “The civil rights movement is not dead. “If anyone thinks that

April 17, 2010 No Comments

Funk My Soul

Sista ToFunky met Alex Hafner in January of this year and to my delight Alex is one of the Koolest Cats I ever met. We

March 14, 2010 No Comments

John Solie

The Museum of UnCut Funk celebrates the movie poster art of John Solie. John’s legendary skill for depicting “dead-on likenesses” of famous people has kept

January 9, 2010 1 Comment

D’Urville Martin

D’Urville Martin was an actor, director and producer who was considered one of the hardest working men during the Blaxploitation film era.

December 20, 2009 7 Comments

Roxie Roker

Roxie Roker may best be remembered for playing outspoken Helen Willis for ten years on the popular television sitcom The Jeffersons.

December 20, 2009 No Comments

My Main Man Thalmus Rasulala

Thalmus Rasulala was born Jack Chowder on November 15th, 1939. One of the many Black actors from the 1970’s and beyond who never got his

December 3, 2009 8 Comments

Funky Turns 40: Sista ToFunky’s Interview With Robert Balser

Robert Balser began his career in 1955 as a layout artist at Norman Wright Productions. A year later he was Layout Production Supervisor on the

November 30, 2009 2 Comments

Terry Carter

The Museum of UnCut Funk salutes John E. DeCoste aka Terry Carter. Terry was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 16, 1928, the only

November 28, 2009 5 Comments

Sheila Frazier

Actress and producer Sheila Elaine Frazier was born on November 13, 1948 in the Bronx, New York to Dorothy Dennis and Eugene Cole Frazier. Frazier

September 14, 2009 4 Comments

Naomi Sims

Naomi Sims: Entrepreneur; Writer; Fashion Model Naomi Sims, one of the top Black businesswomen in the United States, began her career as the first Black

August 20, 2009 No Comments

Frankie Crocker – The Chief Rocker

Frankie Crocker, the New York radio personality imbued the R&B format with a wide-reaching musical palette that includes music from just about every genre. Born

August 2, 2009 No Comments

An Animated Tribute To Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson left this earth too soon and so unexpectedly and tragically.The Museum of UnCut Funk is working through profound sadness over his passing by

June 26, 2009 No Comments

Good Hair

Hours after President Barack Obama’s inauguration, Rock sat down to talk about his Sundance entry, “Good Hair,” a hilarious examination of the cultural pressures that

June 16, 2009 No Comments