From 'Black-ish,' Jenifer Lewis: 'The Mother of Black Hollywood'

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🗓️ 28 November 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In her new memoir, "The Mother of Black Hollywood," Jenifer Lewis chronicles a career that has spanned decades, from Broadway to the hit ABC show Black-ish. Along the way, she played fictional moms to Tupac Shakur, Taraji P. Henson, and Whitney Houston. Jenifer talks to Sam about her long career, struggling with addiction and bipolar disorder, growing up in Missouri, and lying her way into the DNC in 2008. Email the show at [email protected] or tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with your feedback. Follow Sam on Twitter @samsanders and producers Brent Baughman @brentbaughman and Anjuli Sastry @AnjuliSastry.

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0:58.2	It's Tuesday and I for one, I'm still kind of trying to ease back into things after things
1:02.5	giving. And I'm guessing some of you listening might be doing the same thing as well.
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