Granderson: Malcolm-Jamal Warner carried a heavy load for Black America – TheDailyNewsOnline.com

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner speaks onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner speaks onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles.
There were three television characters who really mattered to me as a kid: Michael, Leroy and Theo.
In elementary school, “Good Times” was the television show that most closely resembled my family. And seeing reruns of Ralph David Carter’s portrayal of a precocious young boy learning what it means to be poor, gifted and Black is what moved his Michael from fiction to family for me.
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