BLACK HISTORY MONTH: FILM/TELEVISION
ANGELA EVELYN BASSETT, WAS BORN AUGUST 16, 1958. BASSETT ALWAYS HAD A ROLE PORTRAYING FEMALES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. INCLUDING ROLES LIKE, TINA TURNER, ROSA PARKS, KATHERINE JACKSON(THE JACKSON5 MOVIE), AND OTHER ROLES.
BASSETT WON A GOLDEN GLOBE FOR her ROLE IN THE 1993 BIOPIC, WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT. BASSETT ALSO WON A NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR HER PORTRAYAL AS BETTY SHABAZZ IN THE FILM MALCOLM X.
AT THE AGE OF 52, BASSETT STILL GOING ON AS AN ACTRESS AND HAS GAVE THE BLACK COMMUNITY A CATALOG OF CLASSIC FILMS.
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