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Howard Rollins

Howard Rollins was an American actor known for his role in the television drama series "In the Heat of the Night" and for his portrayal of famous figures such as Coalhouse Walker Jr. in the movie "Ragtime" and Malcolm X in the television movie "The Children of Times Square." He struggled with drug addiction and died in 1996 at the age of 46.

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In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

Series Age rating: 9 Year: 1988 IMDB Rating: 7.6

In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O'Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rolli...

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Ragtime

Ragtime

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1981 IMDB Rating: 7.3

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

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A Soldier's Story

A Soldier's Story

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 7.2

In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also a black man—is sent from Washington to conduct an...

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The Children of Times Square

The Children of Times Square

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1986 IMDB Rating: 6.3

An alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in with a gang of juvenile delinquents working as drug dealers and pickpockets for a shady crime boss.

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