By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com This year marks the 50th anniversary of “Shaft,” perhaps the quintessential Black action movie of the so-called “Blaxploitation” era of Hollywood. Fifty years since its release in 1971, Shaft has reached mythical status for many and the story’s hero, Harlem private detective John Shaft is arguably the most […]

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