31.   I say that the roles were recast with black actors when the show moved to TV, and a friend disagrees.

32.   In Union City, N.J., the casting of a black actor as Jesus in the annual Passion play at the Park Theater flipped the bigots into overdrive.

33.   Is this a golden age for black actors?

34.   It is wrong for black actors to appear on stage as anything other than black characters, he said.

35.   It is also the first time a black actor has been in the cast.

36.   Jeffries gathered black actors for the cast, but never intended to be in the movies.

37.   Khalil Kain, a Black actor, landed a role as the owner of a software company in a Black Entertainment Network movie scheduled for this fall.

38.   Just this past summer, much was said and written about the success of several films created by and starring black actors.

39.   Laurence Fishburne, the first black actor to play the Moor of Venice on film, also is excellent.

40.   Morgan Freeman, who has the highest number of nominations among black actors after Washington with three, has never won.