Horsford was one of the first African-American characters on the show to be given a substantial storyline.

Roadblock is the most prominent African-American character in the animated series.

Robertson was one of the first African-American characters in comics to play a serious supporting role, rather than act as comic relief.

I didn't want to jettison our only African-American character.

Joe is an African-American character, who makes several speeches about racial differences.

African-American characters appear in the books, portrayed positively as ordinary citizens.

Notable as one of the first non-stereotypical African-American characters in comics.

The author, who occasionally includes African-American characters in her novels, has taken a frank, head-on look at racism.

He wondered why there were very few African-American characters.

It focuses on seven African-American characters in the year 1948.