our participation of actors. starting off as guest stars, then we became supporting actors. who the hell are you any way? who am i? you will find out very soon. very soon. then we became lead actors we don t run, we stick together and we fight. get out of my house. drama is where all of the conflict happens. scandal is my favorite drama. how many times have i told you what you have to be. everything about it, the twist, the terms, the acting. twice as good. twice as good as them to get half of what they have. i love queen sugar. david makes man. i like the intimacy of that world that is being depicted. definitely new york undercover. you stupid, turn around. a positive role, a great thing to see someone who looks like you, a pivotal moment to figure out who i was. america drama almost doesn t, it doesn t exist without black people now. - that s right, hank plummer. you know, i can find him? - yeah, he s right here. it s me. - you know, for a
the women of brewster place in 1989 broke ground of the kinds of woman that were represented in that show. it is a drama about women, black women and their tensions, their conflicts, their problems with men, their friendships with one another. it was very kind of cutting edge and forward. what could black women who are typically invisible in this country, what could we be going through? what could be some of our hard ships, joys, vulnerabilities? i think can we do more on television and drama? but it opened up a pathway to what we see today. negro beauty culture is america s first self made female millionaire self-made is a story about tj walker not the first fee male american millionaire. she made her fortune in hair care. she came along at a time it was