Spike Lee wins an Oscar

At Sunday night’s Oscar ceremony, director and producer Spike Lee won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay for  his film BlacKkKlansman. His acceptance speech touched deeply on black history and exhorted the crowd to get involved in the 2020 presidential election. In 2010, the John Adams Institute hosted an event with Spike Lee, ‘Doing the Right Thing’. To watch the video, click  here or here to read more about the event.



At Sunday night’s Oscar ceremony, director and producer Spike Lee won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay for his film BlacKkKlansman. His acceptance speech touched deeply on black history and exhorted the crowd to get involved in the 2020 presidential election. In 2010, the John Adams Institute hosted an event with Spike Lee, ‘Doing the Right Thing’. To watch the video, click  here or here to read more about the event.


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