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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Time for your Black history facts. Yes, today we are
celebrating Quinter Brunson born in Philly and she's a graduate
of Temple University. Quina Brunson is the creator, executive producer,
co writer, and star of ABC's hit comedy series Avid Elementary.
Her mother was a public school educator in the inspiration
(00:21):
behind the character Barbara Howard played by Sheryl Lee Rolfe.
She says her love of watching comedy as a child
with her family is why she created the show as
a way to bring families of all generations back together.
She is the first black woman to be nominated three
times in the comedy category, winning an Emmy for Outstanding
(00:42):
Writing for a Comedy Series and the first and forty
years to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
She has been named one of Time's one hundred Most
Influential People and joined a plethora of artists who wrote
an open letter to President Biden calling for a cease
(01:04):
fire in Ghaza. Quinta Brunson, you are Black History.
Time for your Black history facts. Yes, today we are
celebrating Quinter Brunson born in Philly and she's a graduate
of Temple University. Quina Brunson is the creator, executive producer,
co writer, and star of ABC's hit comedy series Avid Elementary.
Her mother was a public school educator in the inspiration
(00:21):
behind the character Barbara Howard played by Sheryl Lee Rolfe.
She says her love of watching comedy as a child
with her family is why she created the show as
a way to bring families of all generations back together.
She is the first black woman to be nominated three
times in the comedy category, winning an Emmy for Outstanding
(00:42):
Writing for a Comedy Series and the first and forty
years to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
She has been named one of Time's one hundred Most
Influential People and joined a plethora of artists who wrote
an open letter to President Biden calling for a cease
(01:04):
fire in Ghaza. Quinta Brunson, you are Black History.
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