Cartoons have long played a pivotal role in shaping childhoods, and many people continue to enjoy them well into adulthood.

Yet while there were a good amount of cartoons from the '70s, '80s, '90s and early 2000s that featured African American characters, few of those shows and movies had African American characters as ...

I don’t care what anyone says – you’re never too old to watch cartoons! And maybe it’s nostalgia, but I think the 90s were the best for cartoons and specifically Black cartoons!

Brumsic Brandon Jr., the political cartoonist of “Luther,” one of the first African American cartoons to ... the humor and compassion of his cartoon character “Luther.” ...

That type of introduction is rare for Marvel Studios as they normally introduce a major character ... “and 90% of the cast is either African or African-American.” ...

African and African American children don ... “All of the children’s cartoons where I’m from are imported. Plus, none of them showed any characters that looked like us.