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On February 27th, 2011, the 83rd Academy Awards paid tribute to Lena Horne, a Hollywood trailblazer and civil rights activist who passed away in 2010. Horne’s legacy was introduced by Halle Berry, the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress in a leading role. “I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept. I was their daydr...

Fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender are familiar with Mako Iwamatsu, the Japanese American actor who voiced “Uncle Iroh” in the first and second seasons of the animated series before he passed away in 2006. Animation fans may also know of Mako from his role as Aku in Samurai Jack. Mako’s career included performances in 80 feature films and over 100 television shows. Mako was...