First Black male superhero character in a cartoon -‐ Second Schoolhouse Rock episode to feature Black characters -‐ Part of the Grammar Rock series -‐ Verb (1974) ‣ Song was a parody of ShaU and other Blaxploita=on films and songs ‣ Song performed by Zachary Sanders ‣ 40th anniversary -‐ 2014 First Black male superhero character in a Saturday morning cartoon series -‐ Second Black male superhero character -‐ Hong Kong Phooey (9/7/74) ‣ Voiced by Scatman Crothers ‣ Also appeared in Scooby’s Laff A Lympics in 1977 as a member of the Sccoby Doobies ‣ 40th anniversary -‐ September 7, 2014 First Black male character to appear in Archie comics as a member of the gang -‐ First Black male character to appear as a member of the Archie’s gang in a Saturday morning cartoon series -‐ Chuck Clayton -‐ U.S. Of Archie / The New Archie / Sabrina Hour (9/10/74) ‣ ‣ ‣ ‣ ‣ ‣ ‣
Fourth posi=ve Black male character in a Saturday morning cartoon series Also appeared in 1977's The New Archie/Sabrina Hour First comic appearances in Pep Comics #257, Life With Archie #112, Jughead #195, First comic appearances on the cover -‐ Archie Annual #23, Life With Archie #114 Voiced by Dal McKennon U.S. Of Archie -‐ 40th anniversary -‐ September 7, 2014 The New Archie / Sabrina Hour -‐ 40th anniversary -‐ September 10, 2017
First Black female superhero character in a Saturday morning cartoon series -‐ Astrea -‐ Space Sen=nels (9/10/77) ‣ ‣ ‣ ‣
Goddess of jus=ce who can morph into nearly any living animal Series originally called The Young Sen=nels, name changed mid-‐season Voiced by Dee Timberlake 40th anniversary -‐ September 10, 2017
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