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Pam Grier on her rise as a blaxploitation film star

Conflict & Justice

Actress Pam Grier is best known for her roles as a blaxploitation star in the 1970s films ‘Coffy’ and ‘Foxy Brown.’ She’s written a new memoir detailing her rise to fame and her struggles as a young girl dealing with sexual violence and racial prejudice.

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In Living Color: looking back, twenty years later with David Alan Grier

Conflict & Justice
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