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August 16, 2022 12:41 pm GMT
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Academy Awards apologizes to Sacheen Littlefeather for racist abuse at 1973 ceremony
At the 1973 Academy Awards, winner Marlon Brando sent a young native American woman, Sacheen Littlefeather, to decline and deliver a brief speech on his behalf about the mistreatment of American natives in the film industry. She was subjected to jeers and racist abuse by the audience. — Read the rest
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