![]() There are a plethora of characters from this program that represent so many different parts of black life. Granddad’s voice is that of actor John Witherspoon. Huey and Riley are both voiced by actress Regina King. From a comic strip to a television series, The Boondocks, created by Aaron McGruder, was an instant hit in 2005. As my colleague Clinton Yates says, you absolutely cannot have the conversation about black males in animation without including these three. Huey, Riley and Granddad set the mold for modern-day cartoon characters. Although there are more, this is what we came up with. But most boys my age were so engrossed in the cartoon that they had me convinced the Brown Hornet was real.īesides the characters from Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, here are 13 others who made The Undefeated’s list of the top black men in animated cartoons. My favorite character was Rudy, and that’s because I was digging his apple-jack newsboy hat. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, a series that aired from 1972-1985, was created, produced and voiced by Cosby. Comedian Bill Cosby brought us a pretty cool cartoon. ![]() In the 1970s, black males in animation (again excluding the massive comic era) started to rise. ![]()
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