And then there was the Julia TV series in the late 1960s, “Sesame Street” and “The Electric Company” had black women actors on it in the 1970s, etc. Agreed, but Michelle is someone who knows she can tell reporters that it is the end of the month when in reality it is the beginning.
Apparently no white audiences ever heard Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Eartha Kitt, etc...