S. E. Williams I’m old enough to remember how it felt when Sidney Poitier won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Lilies of the Field in 1963. Poitier was not the first Black to receive an Oscar nod, however. That experience went to Hattie McDaniel 24 years earlier. McDaniel was acknowledged […]
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Stephanie Williams is executive editor of the IE Voice and Black Voice News. A longtime champion for civil rights and social justice in all its forms, she is also an advocate for government transparency and committed to ferreting out and exposing government corruption. Over the years Stephanie has reported for other publications in the inland region and Los Angeles and received awards from the California News Publishers Association for her investigative reporting and Ethnic Media Services for her weekly column, Keeping it Real. She also served as a Health Journalism Fellow with the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism. Contact Stephanie with tips, comments. or concerns at myopinion@ievoice.com.
