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	\|2. [[Greg Elam]]		\|2. [[Greg Wayne Elam\|Greg Elam]]
	\|6. [[Eddie Smith]]		\|6. [[Eddie Smith]]
	\|10. [[Julius Leflore]]		\|10. [[Julius Leflore]]

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	*[https://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-stuntmen-and-stuntwomens-association-55-years-of-equity-and-inclusion--51588428 Black Stuntmen and Stuntwomen's Association: 55 years of equity and inclusion]		*[https://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-stuntmen-and-stuntwomens-association-55-years-of-equity-and-inclusion--51588428 Black Stuntmen and Stuntwomen's Association: 55 years of equity and inclusion]
	*[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/naacp-image-awardscreator-reveals-origins-fight-recognition-1196888/ NAACP Image Awards at 50: Creator Reveals Origins and Her Fight for Recognition]		*[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/naacp-image-awardscreator-reveals-origins-fight-recognition-1196888/ NAACP Image Awards at 50: Creator Reveals Origins and Her Fight for Recognition]
			*[https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/welcome-to-la/buffalo-soldiers Buffalo Soldiers]

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	*[https://lasentinel.net/hollywood-stuntman-and-activist-alex-brown-honored-with-ceremonial-flag-raising.html Hollywood Stuntman and Activist Alex Brown Honored with Ceremonial Flag Raising]		*[https://lasentinel.net/hollywood-stuntman-and-activist-alex-brown-honored-with-ceremonial-flag-raising.html Hollywood Stuntman and Activist Alex Brown Honored with Ceremonial Flag Raising]
	*[https://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-stuntmen-and-stuntwomens-association-55-years-of-equity-and-inclusion--51588428 Black Stuntmen and Stuntwomen's Association: 55 years of equity and inclusion]		*[https://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-stuntmen-and-stuntwomens-association-55-years-of-equity-and-inclusion--51588428 Black Stuntmen and Stuntwomen's Association: 55 years of equity and inclusion]
			*[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/naacp-image-awardscreator-reveals-origins-fight-recognition-1196888/ NAACP Image Awards at 50: Creator Reveals Origins and Her Fight for Recognition]

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	*[https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/03/08/mississippi-stuntman-broke-hollywood-color-barrier/24620349/ Mississippi stuntmen broke Hollywood color barrier]		*[https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/03/08/mississippi-stuntman-broke-hollywood-color-barrier/24620349/ Mississippi stuntmen broke Hollywood color barrier]
	*[https://thechocolatevoice.com/black-stuntmen-filming-documentary-on-life-and-times/ Black Stuntmen (BSA) Filming Documentary on Hollywood Behind the Scenes]		*[https://thechocolatevoice.com/black-stuntmen-filming-documentary-on-life-and-times/ Black Stuntmen (BSA) Filming Documentary on Hollywood Behind the Scenes]
			*[https://lasentinel.net/hollywood-stuntman-and-activist-alex-brown-honored-with-ceremonial-flag-raising.html Hollywood Stuntman and Activist Alex Brown Honored with Ceremonial Flag Raising]
			*[https://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-stuntmen-and-stuntwomens-association-55-years-of-equity-and-inclusion--51588428 Black Stuntmen and Stuntwomen's Association: 55 years of equity and inclusion]

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	The group would train in a neighborhood near Compton, California, practicing their stunts until they were ready to display their skills and apply for film and television work. In an article published in the March 2016 issue of The Daily Telegraph, BSA member [[Henry Kingi]] recalled weekend training with other members of the association, and being watched by police in unmarked cars. He said that he and his fellow BSA stuntmen figured that the watching police were thinking they were another group of the Black Panthers. [[Bill Cosby]] refused to have "painted down" stunt doubles on the set of I Spy. Cosby instead used an African-American: [[Calvin Brown]], who was also a founding member of the Black Stuntmen's Association.		The group would train in a neighborhood near Compton, California, practicing their stunts until they were ready to display their skills and apply for film and television work. In an article published in the March 2016 issue of The Daily Telegraph, BSA member [[Henry Kingi]] recalled weekend training with other members of the association, and being watched by police in unmarked cars. He said that he and his fellow BSA stuntmen figured that the watching police were thinking they were another group of the Black Panthers. [[Bill Cosby]] refused to have "painted down" stunt doubles on the set of I Spy. Cosby instead used an African-American: [[Calvin Brown]], who was also a founding member of the Black Stuntmen's Association.

	By 1973, Black Stuntmen's Association had 15 members — 12 men and 3 women. A large boost to the success of the organization was the filming of the Warner Brothers Blaxploitation action thriller Cleopatra Jones, which had (at that time) a record $75,000 budgeted for stuntwork and hired [[Ernest Robinson\|Ernie Robinson]], founding president of the BSA, as stunt coordinator for the film. Other members of the Association in 1973 included: [[Peaches Jones]], [[Louise Johnson]], [[Evelyn Cuffee\|Evelyn Cuffey]], [[Ernest Robinson\|Ernie Robinson]], [[Henry Kingi]], [[Len Glascow]], [[Wayne King]], [[Melvin Jones]], [[Bob Minor\|Bob Miner]], [[John Mitchell]] and [[Alex Brown]].		By 1973, Black Stuntmen's Association had 15 members — 12 men and 3 women. A large boost to the success of the organization was the filming of the Warner Brothers Blaxploitation action thriller Cleopatra Jones, which had (at that time) a record $75,000 budgeted for stuntwork and hired [[Ernest Robinson\|Ernie Robinson]], founding president of the BSA, as stunt coordinator for the film. Other members of the Association in 1973 included: [[Peaches Jones]], [[Louise Johnson]], [[Evelyn Cuffee\|Evelyn Cuffey]], [[Ernest Robinson\|Ernie Robinson]], [[Henry Kingi]], [[Len Glascow]], [[Wayne King Sr.\|Wayne King]], [[Melvin Jones]], [[Bob Minor\|Bob Miner]], [[John Mitchell]] and [[Alex Brown]].

	In 2012, founding members were honored with the [https://www.marketplace.org/2020/06/10/the-history-of-black-stunt-peoples-fight-for-equal-opportunity-in-hollywood/ NAACP President's Award].		In 2012, founding members were honored with the [https://www.marketplace.org/2020/06/10/the-history-of-black-stunt-peoples-fight-for-equal-opportunity-in-hollywood/ NAACP President's Award].

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	The group would train in a neighborhood near Compton, California, practicing their stunts until they were ready to display their skills and apply for film and television work. In an article published in the March 2016 issue of The Daily Telegraph, BSA member [[Henry Kingi]] recalled weekend training with other members of the association, and being watched by police in unmarked cars. He said that he and his fellow BSA stuntmen figured that the watching police were thinking they were another group of the Black Panthers. [[Bill Cosby]] refused to have "painted down" stunt doubles on the set of I Spy. Cosby instead used an African-American: [[Calvin Brown]], who was also a founding member of the Black Stuntmen's Association.		The group would train in a neighborhood near Compton, California, practicing their stunts until they were ready to display their skills and apply for film and television work. In an article published in the March 2016 issue of The Daily Telegraph, BSA member [[Henry Kingi]] recalled weekend training with other members of the association, and being watched by police in unmarked cars. He said that he and his fellow BSA stuntmen figured that the watching police were thinking they were another group of the Black Panthers. [[Bill Cosby]] refused to have "painted down" stunt doubles on the set of I Spy. Cosby instead used an African-American: [[Calvin Brown]], who was also a founding member of the Black Stuntmen's Association.

	By 1973, Black Stuntmen's Association had 15 members — 12 men and 3 women. A large boost to the success of the organization was the filming of the Warner Brothers Blaxploitation action thriller Cleopatra Jones, which had (at that time) a record $75,000 budgeted for stuntwork and hired [[Ernest Robinson\|Ernie Robinson]], founding president of the BSA, as stunt coordinator for the film. Other members of the Association in 1973 included: [[Peaches Jones]], [[Louise Johnson]], [[Evelyn Cuffee\|Evelyn Cuffey]], [[Ernest Robinson\|Ernie Robinson]], [[Henry Kingi]], [[Len Glascow]], [[Wayne King]], [[Melvin Jones]], [[Bob Miner]], [[John Mitchell]] and [[Alex Brown]].		By 1973, Black Stuntmen's Association had 15 members — 12 men and 3 women. A large boost to the success of the organization was the filming of the Warner Brothers Blaxploitation action thriller Cleopatra Jones, which had (at that time) a record $75,000 budgeted for stuntwork and hired [[Ernest Robinson\|Ernie Robinson]], founding president of the BSA, as stunt coordinator for the film. Other members of the Association in 1973 included: [[Peaches Jones]], [[Louise Johnson]], [[Evelyn Cuffee\|Evelyn Cuffey]], [[Ernest Robinson\|Ernie Robinson]], [[Henry Kingi]], [[Len Glascow]], [[Wayne King]], [[Melvin Jones]], [[Bob Minor\|Bob Miner]], [[John Mitchell]] and [[Alex Brown]].

	In 2012, founding members were honored with the [https://www.marketplace.org/2020/06/10/the-history-of-black-stunt-peoples-fight-for-equal-opportunity-in-hollywood/ NAACP President's Award].		In 2012, founding members were honored with the [https://www.marketplace.org/2020/06/10/the-history-of-black-stunt-peoples-fight-for-equal-opportunity-in-hollywood/ NAACP President's Award].

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	[[File:BSA logo.png\|thumb\|left]]		[[File:BSA logo.png\|thumb\|left]]
	<big>'''The Black Stuntmen's Association''' is an organization that was formed as a result of policies that kept black stuntmen and stuntwomen from getting studio work. Founded in 1967, members of the association include co-founder [[Eddie Smith]], [[Ernie Robinson]], [[Alex Brown]], [[Willie Harris]], [[Henry Kingi]], [[Joe Tilque]], and [[William Upton]].		<big>'''The Black Stuntmen's Association''' is an organization that was formed as a result of policies that kept black stuntmen and stuntwomen from getting studio work. Founded in 1967, members of the association include co-founder [[Eddie Smith]], [[Ernest Robinson\|Ernie Robinson]], [[Alex Brown]], [[Willie Harris]], [[Henry Kingi]], [[Joe Tilque]], and [[William Upton]].

	The organization was successful in casting some of its members in television shows like Mission Impossible and The Mod Squad, and in films such as Halls of Anger, Dirty Harry, Across 110th Street and Live and Let Die.</big>		The organization was successful in casting some of its members in television shows like Mission Impossible and The Mod Squad, and in films such as Halls of Anger, Dirty Harry, Across 110th Street and Live and Let Die.</big>
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	The group would train in a neighborhood near Compton, California, practicing their stunts until they were ready to display their skills and apply for film and television work. In an article published in the March 2016 issue of The Daily Telegraph, BSA member [[Henry Kingi]] recalled weekend training with other members of the association, and being watched by police in unmarked cars. He said that he and his fellow BSA stuntmen figured that the watching police were thinking they were another group of the Black Panthers. [[Bill Cosby]] refused to have "painted down" stunt doubles on the set of I Spy. Cosby instead used an African-American: [[Calvin Brown]], who was also a founding member of the Black Stuntmen's Association.		The group would train in a neighborhood near Compton, California, practicing their stunts until they were ready to display their skills and apply for film and television work. In an article published in the March 2016 issue of The Daily Telegraph, BSA member [[Henry Kingi]] recalled weekend training with other members of the association, and being watched by police in unmarked cars. He said that he and his fellow BSA stuntmen figured that the watching police were thinking they were another group of the Black Panthers. [[Bill Cosby]] refused to have "painted down" stunt doubles on the set of I Spy. Cosby instead used an African-American: [[Calvin Brown]], who was also a founding member of the Black Stuntmen's Association.

	By 1973, Black Stuntmen's Association had 15 members — 12 men and 3 women. A large boost to the success of the organization was the filming of the Warner Brothers Blaxploitation action thriller Cleopatra Jones, which had (at that time) a record $75,000 budgeted for stuntwork and hired [[Ernest Robinson\|Ernie Robinson]], founding president of the BSA, as stunt coordinator for the film. Other members of the Association in 1973 included: [[Peaches Jones]], [[Louise Johnson]], [[Evelyn Cuffey]], [[Ernest Robinson\|Ernie Robinson]], [[Henry Kingi]], [[Len Glascow]], [[Wayne King]], [[Melvin Jones]], [[Bob Miner]], [[John Mitchell]] and [[Alex Brown]].		By 1973, Black Stuntmen's Association had 15 members — 12 men and 3 women. A large boost to the success of the organization was the filming of the Warner Brothers Blaxploitation action thriller Cleopatra Jones, which had (at that time) a record $75,000 budgeted for stuntwork and hired [[Ernest Robinson\|Ernie Robinson]], founding president of the BSA, as stunt coordinator for the film. Other members of the Association in 1973 included: [[Peaches Jones]], [[Louise Johnson]], [[Evelyn Cuffee\|Evelyn Cuffey]], [[Ernest Robinson\|Ernie Robinson]], [[Henry Kingi]], [[Len Glascow]], [[Wayne King]], [[Melvin Jones]], [[Bob Miner]], [[John Mitchell]] and [[Alex Brown]].

	In 2012, founding members were honored with the [https://www.marketplace.org/2020/06/10/the-history-of-black-stunt-peoples-fight-for-equal-opportunity-in-hollywood/ NAACP President's Award].		In 2012, founding members were honored with the [https://www.marketplace.org/2020/06/10/the-history-of-black-stunt-peoples-fight-for-equal-opportunity-in-hollywood/ NAACP President's Award].

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<big>'''The Black Stuntmen's Association''' is an organization that was formed as a result of policies that kept black stuntmen and stuntwomen from getting studio work. Founded in 1967, members of the association include co-founder [[Eddie Smith]], [[Ernie Robinson]], [[Alex Brown]], [[Willie Harris]], [[Henry Kingi]], [[Joe Tilque]], and [[William Upton]].

The organization was successful in casting some of its members in television shows like Mission Impossible and The Mod Squad, and in films such as Halls of Anger, Dirty Harry, Across 110th Street and Live and Let Die.</big>

== History ==
For years, the stunts for black actors were performed by white stuntmen who were painted to look dark; the term for this practice is called "painting down". According to [[Willie Harris]]: "Nobody would train us, because they figured that we wasn't good enough and the white guys didn't want to be bothered with us because if we come in that would snap their paint down."

The group would train in a neighborhood near Compton, California, practicing their stunts until they were ready to display their skills and apply for film and television work. In an article published in the March 2016 issue of The Daily Telegraph, BSA member [[Henry Kingi]] recalled weekend training with other members of the association, and being watched by police in unmarked cars. He said that he and his fellow BSA stuntmen figured that the watching police were thinking they were another group of the Black Panthers. [[Bill Cosby]] refused to have "painted down" stunt doubles on the set of I Spy. Cosby instead used an African-American: [[Calvin Brown]], who was also a founding member of the Black Stuntmen's Association.

By 1973, Black Stuntmen's Association had 15 members — 12 men and 3 women. A large boost to the success of the organization was the filming of the Warner Brothers Blaxploitation action thriller Cleopatra Jones, which had (at that time) a record $75,000 budgeted for stuntwork and hired [[Ernest Robinson|Ernie Robinson]], founding president of the BSA, as stunt coordinator for the film. Other members of the Association in 1973 included: [[Peaches Jones]], [[Louise Johnson]], [[Evelyn Cuffey]], [[Ernest Robinson|Ernie Robinson]], [[Henry Kingi]], [[Len Glascow]], [[Wayne King]], [[Melvin Jones]], [[Bob Miner]], [[John Mitchell]] and [[Alex Brown]].

In 2012, founding members were honored with the [https://www.marketplace.org/2020/06/10/the-history-of-black-stunt-peoples-fight-for-equal-opportunity-in-hollywood/ NAACP President's Award].

In 2014, members of the organization became angry when Warner Bros studio cast a white stuntwoman for its Fox show Gotham, to be a double for a black guest actress. The stunt woman had already been made up and had her hair and skin done to pass as the black actress. After Warner Bros were approached by a reporter from Deadline Hollywood, they didn't progress any further with using the white stunt woman.

Along with Lance Burton and Matthew Gray Gubler who are from other industries, [[Willie Harris]] was honored at the College of Fine Arts Hall of Fame for his work in the film industry.

[[wikipedia:Black_Stuntmen's_Association|''From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia'']]

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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Pictured from (L to R)
|-
|
1. [[Perry Fluker]]
||5. [[Louise Johnson]]
| 9. [[John Sherrod]]
| 13. [[Willie Harris]]
|-
|2. [[Greg Elam]]
|6. [[Eddie Smith]]
|10. [[Julius Leflore]]
|14. [[Tony Brubaker]]
|-
|3. [[Earl Jolly Brown]]
|7. [[John Mitchell]]
|11. [[Ernest Robinson|Ernie Robinson]]
|15. [[Henry Kinji]]
|-
|4. [[Evelyn Cuffee]]
|8. [[Len Glascow]]
|12. [[Melvin Jones]]
|16. [[Bob Minor]]
|}

== Reference(s): ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stuntmen%27s_Association Wikipedia]
*[https://www.facebook.com/blackstuntmensassociation/ Facebook]

== Article(s): ==
* [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/breaking-bones-breaking-barriers-black-stuntmen-honored-new-smithsonian-n652851 Breaking Bones, Breaking Barriers: Black Stuntmen Honored at African American History Museum]
*[https://andscape.com/features/black-stuntmens-association-wants-the-oscars-to-add-stuntin/ Black Stuntmen’s Association wants the Oscars to add ‘stuntin]’
*[https://www.narratively.com/p/the-stuntmen-who-blacklisted-blackface The Stuntmen Who Blacklisted Blackface]
*[https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/movies/black-stuntmen-fought-for-equal-rights-behind-the-scenes/ Black stuntmen fought for equal rights behind the scenes]
*[https://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep/24/locals-honored-breaking-color-barrier-stunt-work/ Locals honored for breaking a color barrier — in stunt work]
*[https://www.theroot.com/painted-down-exposing-hollywood-s-dirty-little-secret-1790877553 Painted Down: Exposing Hollywood’s Dirty Little Secret of Putting White Stunt Doubles in Blackface]
*[https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/03/08/mississippi-stuntman-broke-hollywood-color-barrier/24620349/ Mississippi stuntmen broke Hollywood color barrier]
*[https://thechocolatevoice.com/black-stuntmen-filming-documentary-on-life-and-times/ Black Stuntmen (BSA) Filming Documentary on Hollywood Behind the Scenes]