“It was amazing to see the power of what we did. “Absolutely - 100 percent ‘Black-ish’ had something to do with that,” he said. In fact, Cole credits “Black-ish” for helping to get Juneteenth - marking the freeing of the last US slaves on Jdeclared a federal holiday in 2021. And there were some black people on the set who didn’t know about it either.” “I remember shooting that episode … going over the facts and the history of it,” said Cole. I mean, they hit on all of it the multi-generational aspect of the show.” Jenifer Lewis, Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross represented the African-American experience on “Black-ish.” ABCĬole points to the show’s Juneteenth episode in 2017 as a real game-changer. “I’ve always said that the writers were the stars of ‘Black-ish,’ ” she said, “with them being able to combine the comedy and drama of issues like the N-word, police brutality, postpartum depression. Lewis credits “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris for his “unafraid” vision as well as the show’s writers. Indeed, the “movement” that Cole describes includes “Black-ish” spinoffs “Grown-ish” - which has been renewed for a fifth season on Freeform - as well as the now-canceled “Mixed-ish.” “It opened the door for a lot of black shows to happen … We started seeing more black shows showing different perspectives of black people.” “Nobody else was telling those stories,” added Cole, 50. That’s what the f–k we did … We touched the souls of the people with our show.” Deon Cole (left) played Anthony Anderson’s co-worker in eight seasons of “Black-ish.” ABC We made them think, dance, sing and hope. “We did an excellent job entertaining people - and we did an excellent job educating people. “We made history - and I’m extremely proud of it,” Lewis, 65, told The Post.
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While Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross were the Emmy-nominated stars of ABC’s “Black-ish” for eight culture-changing seasons, Jenifer Lewis and Deon Cole were the sitcom’s secret weapons.Īnd as they say goodbye to their characters Ruby Johnson and Charlie Telphy - the mother and co-worker, respectively, of Andre Johnson (Anderson) - when the “Black-ish” series finale airs Tuesday (April 19) at 9 p.m., Lewis and Cole are more than proud-ish of the show’s legacy in representing the African-American experience. Netflix plans Juneteenth musical by Kenya Barris and Pharrell Williams
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