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Amos and Andy

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Amos and Andy
dim-witted Andy Brown and level-headed partner Amos Jones, owners of the Fresh Air Taxi Cab Company. [Radio and TV: “The Amos and Andy Show” in Terrace, I, 54]


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As a proficient and instinctual attorney, Cochran dispelled the stereotypical myth of the incompetent black lawyer portrayed on television's Amos and Andy, says Montgomery.
Although many black audience members watched with pleasure and appreciation programs such as Amos and Andy and Beulah, strong arguments can be made that these were programs that entertained white audiences and served hegemonic ideas about blackness--entertainment in palatable blackface.
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