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'Empire' star Trai Byers on the importance of his upcoming film 'The 24th': 'It's our history'

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Trai Byers is moving on from "Empire." The 37-year-old actor stars in "The 24th," a drama inspired by the racial tension in 1917 Houston, which culminated in a deadly riot. "First of all, it's our history.

Like it or not, it's our history," the actor told Fox News of bringing the story to the big screen. "One of the many stories in our history that isn't told.This year, it's 103 years old ...

I think it's always important to know the history." In fact, Byers said that a lot of the issues surrounding race that are addressed in the film are "still alive and well." "It felt like, in terms of who we are now and what we experienced then, it doesn't feel like a big gap," he explained. "It feels very in-touch, very visceral and ...

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