[Article] Portraits in Black 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 Close < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > June 1976 < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > Table of Contents Close