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Wrapping up the Rewind of my #WB100 Black History Month posts from 2024. I made a few additions from my original posts that I missed from last year, and one that definitely should be mentioned even though it premiered after the #WB100 Project was over, and I felt it deserved a mention. And now, the exciting conclusion. - jh   Lackawanna Blues (HBO Films, 2005) "They gave me that bit of themselves that they felt was their best. And the blues I heard & the stories they told will live inside of me forever." Lackawanna Blues is a poignant Emmy-winning drama based on Ruben Santiago-Hudson's play about his childhood in New York. ATL , 2006 "My Pops used to always say dreamin' is the luxury of children, and that I should enjoy it. And he was right." ATL is a great coming-of-age story with a stellar cast about teens in Atlanta on the cusp of adulthood & still figuring out this crazy thing called life. ‪ Class of 3000 (Cartoon Network Studios/Tom Lynch...

Here's Part Four, which celebrates Warner Bros' Black history from 1994 to 2003.This was one of the most groundbreaking years for Black talent and characters across the company. Powerful stories, memorable characters, and great entertainment that still endures today. As with my previous three rewinds, I had to add a few titles I missed from last year's initial social media posts.  With that out of the way, on with the show. Natasha Irons (Steel), DC Comics, 1994 "We don't discriminate. We'll use a hammer or a particle beam, whatever gets the job done." John's niece Natasha Irons has become just as much as a hero as her uncle, even donning the Steel name herself as well as making her mark as one of DC Comics' LGBT heroines.   The Wayans Bros , 1995 The Parent ‘Hood , 1995 On January 11, 1995, The WB Television Network launched, and the very first series to air on the young network was The Wayans Bros , a sitcom about a pair of brothers played by Sha...