in a way that it should ve been portrayed. - julia and corey baker, this is my sister, wanda waggedorn. - how do you do? - you re a negro! lenny didn t tell me that! - that s all right, wanda. leonard didn t tell us you aren t. - she really felt that they were presenting an image of the white negro. - but at the time, i didn t care because there s a black woman on tv. she s a nurse. she s helping people. - diahann carroll was the first black woman to be nominated for an emmy for her performance in that show. - it represented the first time that a black family went into the homes of americans on a weekly basis. it did establish that premise, and i was very pleased about that. (upbeat funky music) - the success of the television show julia opened the door for redd foxx, who was this underground comedy legend. - that s the money i was saving for my heart operation! you hear that elizabeth? i m coming to join ya, honey!
you re talking about the jim crow era. - and i ve seen the promised land. - as the civil rights movement was kicking up, the naacp wanted to show black people in a different light. black people were going to college and making money and entering the middle class. took until 1968 for us to have a show that was served as a counterweight to shows like beulah and amos n andy. - when i think about the history of black television, i think of diahann carroll. she personifies the brilliance that has existed in black hollywood. - julia premiered in 1968. the country was in the midst of incredible unrest. this is right around the time that martin luther king, jr. was assassinated. - diahann carroll herself, she didn t feel that it portrayed the black experience in a way that it should ve been portrayed. - julia and corey baker, this is my sister, wanda waggedorn. - how do you do? - you re a negro! lenny didn t tell me that! - that s all right, wanda.
the country was in the midst of incredible unrest. this is right around the time that martin luther king, jr. was assassinated. - diahann carroll herself, she didn t feel that it portrayed the black experience in a way that it should ve been portrayed. - julia and corey baker, this is my sister, wanda waggedorn. - how do you do? - you re a negro! lenny didn t tell me that! - that s all right, wanda. leonard didn t tell us you aren t. - she really felt that they were presenting an image of the white negro. - but at the time, i didn t care because there s a black woman on tv. she s a nurse. she s helping people. - diahann carroll was the first black woman to be nominated for an emmy for her performance in that show. - it represented the first time that a black family went into the homes of americans on a weekly basis. it did establish that premise, and i was very pleased about that. (upbeat funky music) - the success of the television show julia opened the door for redd foxx, who was t
and entering the middle class. took until 1968 for us to have a show that was served as a counterweight to shows like beulah and amos n andy. - when i think about the history of black television, i think of diahann carroll. she personifies the brilliance that has existed in black hollywood. - julia premiered in 1968. the country was in the midst of incredible unrest. this is right around the time that martin luther king, jr. was assassinated. - diahann carroll herself, she didn t feel that it portrayed the black experience in a way that it should ve been portrayed. - julia and corey baker, this is my sister, wanda waggedorn. - how do you do? - you re a negro! didn t tell me that! - that s all right, wanda. leonard didn t tell us you aren t. - she really felt that they were presenting an image of the white negro. - but at the time, i didn t care because there s a black woman on tv. she s a nurse. she s helping people. - diahann carroll was the first black woman to be nominated
a distinctive professor of infectious diseases. after all who s better at infectious diseases than the president of the fan club. and what do mayor bill de blasio and lori lightfoot have in common, other than making up one half of the adam s family? that s true [cheers and applause] greg: that s all right. more like two fifths. they re both teaching at harvard. oh. greg: you know the crime rate in those classes are going to sky rocket. i hope there s extra credit for public your nation. what about fired chase a went to berkeley law, and hillary clinton went to columbia s school of public affairs. public affairs.