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How Marlon Brando Made Hollywood Face Its Racism—at the Oscars

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In 1973, Marlon Brando asked Apache activist Sacheen Littlefeather to accept his Best Actor Oscar for ‘The Godfather.’ But Hollywood didn’t want to hear their message about racism.

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