For the director, see Morgan J. Freeman

Political activism
In 2005, Freeman criticized the celebration of Black History Month, saying: “I don’t want a black history month. Black history is American history.”[185] He opined that the only way to end racism is to stop talking about it, and he noted that there is no “white history month”.[185] In an interview with 60 Minutes’s Mike Wallace, Freeman said: “I am going to stop calling you a white man and I’m going to ask you to stop calling me a black man.”[185][186] Freeman supported the defeated proposal to change the Mississippi state flag, which incorporated the Confederate battle flag at the time.[187][188] In an interview on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight, Freeman drew controversy when he accused the Tea Party movement of racism.[189][190][191] Regarding the 2015 Baltimore protests, Freeman said he was “absolutely” supportive of the protesters. “That unrest [in Baltimore] has nothing to do with terrorism at all, except the terrorism we suffer from the police … Because of the technology—everybody has a smartphone—now in reaction to the death of Freddie Gray we can see what the police are doing. We can show the world, ‘Look, this is what happened in that situation.’ So why are so many people dying in police custody? And why are they all Black? And why are all the police killing them white? What is that? The police have always said, ‘I feared for my safety.’ Well, now we know. OK. You feared for your safety while a guy was running away from you, right?”[192]