He portrayed a Harlem crime boss in “Shaft,” a legendary civil rights leader in “Ragtime” and a mystical envoy in “The NeverEnding Story.” He earned an Emmy nomination for his work as an African chief in TV’s “Roots.” He even joined the cast of the sitcom “Good Times.” Moses Gunn played a lot of roles. And consequently, he accumulated a lot of stuff.
In 1982, Gladstone Yearwood coordinated a symposium at Ohio University that allowed filmmakers, professors, actors and actresses to debate the state of black film as it climbed out of the blaxploitation era.
