Yet this two-part A&E production stands out in contemplating the unique role that Black comedians have played in calling out injustice and giving voice to how society has changed across decades.

Fox, a comedy critic at New York magazine, is explaining joke-jokes to distinguish them from what comedians mean when ... writing from the ’50s and ’60s: savvy, insidery, immersed, excited ...

The crowd roared with laughter. Black comedians — especially in the South — faced incarceration in the '60s if their comedy seemed to rally Black audiences and allies or if it took aim ...

If social media is any indication, comedians, actors ... anymore” — but the same argument existed in the 1950s and ‘60s when most complaints came through the mail. Before the internet ...

the tendencies of the postwar years lingered into the ‘60s and ‘70s, an era that also saw the rise of evangelists like Anita Bryant and early anti-LGBTQ efforts. So comedians like Lily Tomlin ...

Some of your favorite Black musicians, comedians and even athletes served the country in U.S. Army. I know, surprising right?

No one in 1959 foresaw the turmoil of the ’60s, especially the rebellion of the young. Assassinations can rob a nation of its leaders, unexpected wars can desiccate the vitality of a race ...