Black Television Comedy: From Beulah to Black-ish
OnlineThe Northbrook Public Library is sponsoring this fascinating event in partnership with RAIN (Racial Awareness in the North Shore) and the League of Women Voters of Glenview-Glencoe. Click here to register ... Adrien Sebro will examine the history of Black representation in sitcoms and explain how shows like Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, and Living Single have addressed social issues. Professor Sebro teaches at the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Radio-Television-Film. His scholarship specializes in critical media studies at the intersections of television, film, comedy, gender, and African Diaspora studies. Dr. Sebro writes and teaches on U.S. [...]