Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When actor Fred Williamson and director Jack Arnold came together to make "Black Eye" in 1974, it wasn't an obvious match.

Tacuma R. Roeback is the Managing Editor for the Chicago Defender. His journalism, non-fiction, and fiction have appeared in the Smithsonian Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Atlanta ...

*Actor Fred “The Hammer” Williamson rose to prominence as one of the first African-American male action stars of the “blaxploitation” genre of the early 1970s. He has since had a long and illustrious ...

Former Raiders defensive back Fred "The Hammer" Williamson will light the Al Davis Memorial Torch prior to kickoff of Sunday's Las Vegas Raiders-Kansas City Chiefs game. Williamson joined the Raiders ...

The blaxploitation icon and old-school Hollywood craftsman collaborated on "Black Eye," a neo-noir that deserves mention alongside "The Long Goodbye" and "Night Moves." ...