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(#1) Fred G. Sanford
- Sanford & Son
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(#2) George Jefferson
- The Jeffersons
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(#3) Martin Payne
- Martin
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(#4) Bernie 'Mac' McCullough
- The Bernie Mac Show
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(#5) Will Smith
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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(#6) Steve Urkel
- Family Matters
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(#7) Carlton Banks
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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(#8) Heathcliff Huxtable
- The Cosby Show
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(#9) Geoffrey Butler
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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(#10) James "JJ" Evans
- Good Times
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(#11) James Evans, Sr.
- Good Times
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(#12) Jamie King
- The Jamie Foxx Show
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(#13) Arnold Jackson
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(#14) Louise Jefferson
- The Jeffersons
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(#15) Clair Huxtable
- The Cosby Show
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(#16) Chris
- Everybody Hates Chris
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(#17) Pamela James
- Martin
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(#18) Sheneneh Jenkins
- Martin
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(#19) Julius
- Everybody Hates Chris
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(#20) Grady Wilson
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(#21) Marlon Williams
- The Wayans Bros.
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(#22) Benson
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(#23) Carl Winslow
- Family Matters
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(#24) Sandra Clark
- 227
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(#25) J.J. Evans
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(#26) Whitley Gilbert
- A Different World
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(#27) Fat Albert Jackson
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
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(#28) Theo Huxtable
- The Cosby Show
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(#29) Dwayne Wayne
- A Different World
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(#30) Hilary Violet Banks
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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(#31) Steve Hightower
- The Steve Harvey Show
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(#32) Cleveland Brown
- The Cleveland Show, Family Guy
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(#33) Jazz
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(#34) Rick James
- Chappelle's Show
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(#35) Rochelle
- Everybody Hates Chris
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(#36) Dre Johnson
- Black-ish
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(#37) Thelma Evans
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(#38) Maxine Shaw
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(#39) Penny Proud
- The Proud Family
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(#40) Rerun
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(#41) Dwayne Nelson
- What's Happening!!
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(#42) Darryl Philbin
- The Office
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(#43) Sergeant Terry Jeffords
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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(#44) Jerome
- Martin
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(#45) Christopher Turk
- Scrubs
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(#46) Florence Johnson Marla Gibbs
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(#47) Shawn Williams
- The Wayans Bros.
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(#48) Raven Baxter
- That's So Raven
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(#49) Stanley Hudson
- The Office
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(#50) Willona Woods
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In recent years, black actors have gradually gained more substantial parts in movies and TV, but many continue to play roles that encourage stereotypes, such as gangsters, homeless people, or maids. The popularity of many outstanding black characters reveals the importance of eliminating racial discrimination and how African-Americans continue to struggle for high-quality characters on small and big screens.
Looking back at all kinds of outstanding TV shows, nothing is more memorable than those TV shows that make us laugh, some unforgettable characters have been with us. The random tool lists 85 of the funniest black characters in TV history.
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