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The Forgotten Tale of How Black Psychiatrists Helped Make ‘Sesame Street’
SWEEPIN’ THE CLOUDS AWAY
The children’s television show entranced preschoolers—and helped teach impressionable black kids.
Undark Magazine
Published
May 17 2019
6:00AM EDT
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