10 Things I Learned From Eartha Kitt’s “Unsung Hollywood” Episode

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Speaking out against the war

At the height of the Vietnam war, Kitt was invited to the White House. Instead of sitting in the audience silently, she spoke up about the unjustness of the war.

“The children of America are not rebelling for no reason. They are not hippies for no reason at all. We don’t have what we have on Sunset Blvd. for no reason. They are rebelling against something. There are so many things burning the people of this country, particularly mothers. They feel they are going to raise sons — and I know what it’s like, and you have children of your own, Mrs. Johnson — we raise children and send them to war.”

Her words allegedly made Mrs. Johnson cry. And as a result of her outspokenness, Kitt’s career was put on hold for many years and she went to work in Europe.

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