Diahann Carroll is best known for her title role in the 1968 television series Julia, which made her the first African American actress to star in her own television series where she did not play a domestic worker.
First African American male star of a Network_televisionTV_show: Nat_King_Cole, The Nat King Cole Show
Bill Cosby was the first African American to star in a drama television series. (I-Spy).
No, Bill Cosby was not the first African American actor on TV.
The TV series, American Dreams, first showed in 2002. It ended in 2005. For more information about this TV series, check out the official American Dreams website.
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Oprah Winfrey was the first AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN to be billionaire Robert Johnson, the former owner and CEO of Black Entertainment television is the First
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The versatile singer and actor Harry Belafonte was the first African-American to receive a Primetime Emmy Award. He won the 1959-1960 award for Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series for his special "Tonight with Belafonte" on CBS' "The Revlon Revue."
Robert Johnson, the former owner and CEO of Black Entertainment television, was the first African American billionaire. As you may know, Oprah was the first African American LADY billionaire. =) I just figured out that Robert Church was the first black billionare
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Is it Wayne Brady?Are there any other African American game show hosts?