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Primetime Sing-a-Long: The Best Black TV Theme Songs
‘A Different World,’ ‘The Jeffersons’ and ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ lead our picks for the best Black TV themes.
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Do You Remember When These ‘A Different World’ Episodes Were Controversial? The World Has Changed …
With the cast set to reunite for an HBCU reunion tour, a look back at some of the most influential episodes shows just how much the world has changed.
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All American: Homecoming Brings HBCU Culture Back to Network TV
Kelly Jenrette discusses the impact and expectations of the new The CW drama All American: Homecoming.
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Birth of Cool Series From Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad and Macro Finds a Home at BET+
A new series from Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions and Macro will be headed to BET+ soon, The Root has learned. According to Deadline, the show, titled Birth of Cool, will be centered around “Crispus Attucks High, a predominantly Black high school in Compton [Calif.]. The half-hour dramedy follows the adventures and misadventures of both…
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The Mighty, Mighty Panthers of Clark Atlanta University
I was 8 years old when A Different World premiered, and after watching the first episode, I knew without a doubt that I would be attending an HBCU. I didn’t know much about life, or even where or what exactly an HBCU was, but I was absolutely certain that I was going to a school…