Francois Clemmons, a Black actor playing a police officer, and Fred Rogers dipped their feet together in a wading pool on an episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” in 1969, breaking color ...

I play the black Queen Victoria. Oh dear, we have so much fun! So yeah, I dress the way I want to now. I wouldn’t tolerate somebody telling me how to dress. In one doc clip, Mr. Rogers is asked ...

Bettmann Archive/Getty Images But while Fred Rogers could be revolutionary -- like when he introduced the black actor Francois Clemmons into the cast of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” as a ...

And one guy ... I'll never forget, said to me, ‘When that program came on, we were actually discussing the fact that black people were inferior. And Mister Rogers cut right through it.' ...

Francois Clemmons played the role of Officer Clemmons on the beloved children's program "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." Clemmons joined the cast of the show in 1968, becoming the first Black actor ...

Azzopardi, Chris. "Mr. Rogers's Gay, Black Friend François Clemmons Wears Tiaras Now." Vanity Fair. 27 June 2018. Kaufman, Amy. "Fred Rogers' Family Keeps the Legacy of 'Mister Rogers ...

In 1969, when Black people were still unwelcome in some ... less than you are – that’s the greatest evil.” I miss Mister Rogers. I miss his quiet kindness, his humility and the clarity ...

Growing up as a child of the late 70s and early 80s, my early education and development included a steady diet of ...

Singer and actor Francois Clemmons, best known for breaking racial barriers in his role as Officer Clemmons on “Mister Rogers ... featured the black Clemmons and the white Rogers dipping ...

On a black-and-white screen ... cozy cardigan. That man, Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, quickly rose into recognition and a half-century later is still an American icon.

At first glance, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” might seem to ... But in that time, it pictured a relationship between a white man and a Black woman as a friendship of equals.