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By Any Means Opens With Acclaimed Visuals and Performances as Critics Question Historical Fidelity

The Sept. 4 Paramount release mixes pulpy buddy‑cop thrills with graphic depictions of racial violence, prompting debate over how films fictionalize civil‑rights history.

Billy G. Mills, One of Los Angeles’s First Black Councilmembers and a Longtime Judge, Dies at 96

Jesse Jackson’s 1972 Sesame Street ‘I Am Somebody’ Clip Resurfaces After His Death

Imam Jamil Al-Amin, Formerly H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82 in Federal Custody