How Marvel’s Black Panther Marks a Major Milestone
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 14, 2025
The RevolutionaryPower of Black Panther
Marvel’s new movie marks a major milestoneBy JAMIL SMITH
The first movie I remember seeing in a theater had a black hero. Lando Calrissian, played by Billy Dee Williams, didn’t have any superpowers, but he ran his own city. That movie, the 1980 Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back, introduced Calrissian as a complicated human being who still did the right thing. That’s one reason I grew up knowing I could be the . . .
