The new kingdom of comedy.(African American comedians coming to the fore of industry)

From: Ebony | Date: December 1, 2005| Author: Holloway, Lynette R. | Copyright information

IT used to be that Black comedians were relegated to the so-called back of the bus if they wanted to try their hand at making people laugh at mainstream comedy clubs. The raucous clubs were usually headlined by White comedians, who were followed by Blacks booked as second acts. But those days are gone. Pioneers like Redd Foxx, Dick Gregory, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor and Whoopi Goldberg helped pave the way for today's comedians to ride at the front the bus and hire their own drivers!...

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