New Orleans native Ernie Morrison wasn’t yet 5 years old, and he was already on his way to becoming one of the first Black stars in film history. As he would tell the story, it all began the moment ...

When visionary producer Hal Roach created the Our Gang comedy series in 1922, he broke ground in more ways than one. First, he made a ragtag group of kids the stars, which was a novel idea in the ...

Ernie 'Sunshine Sammy' Morrison (born Ernest Fredric Morrison) was a popular African American child actor of the Silent films era. Leaving the screen in 1926, he eventually returned for a time, from ...