June 1976 Issue [Article] Portraits in Black Download PDF Adjust Share From Amos ’n’ Andy to Coonskin by Henry Louis Gates Jr., This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century African Americans in mass media Racism in mass media United States More from Henry Louis Gates Jr. Black Lives Televised I can remember as a child sitting upstairs in my bedroom and hearing my mother shout at the top of her voice that someone “colored . . . colored!” was on the… Adjust Share