Acknowledgments
Introduction: Finding the Funny: Recentering the Comedy in Black Comedy, by Alfred L. Martin, Jr.
Part One: Black Comedy Crossing Over
1. Black Stand-up Comics in Chicago: Navigating a Changing City (1955-1970), by Gerald R. Butters, Jr.
2. Blue is the New Green: Martin Lawrence and the Mainstream Appeal of Vulgarity, by Joshua Truelove
3. "There's a New Sheriff in Town": Eddie Murphy and the Comedy of Double Conscious Law and Order, by Lisa Guerrero
Part Two: Black Comedy/Black Performances
4. "What Can We Do That No One Else Can Do?": On Key & Peele, Comedy and Performing Race, by Phillip Lamarr Cunningham
5. "These Black Kids Want Something New, I Swear It": Donald Glover's Racial Performance, Atlanta, and the New Quality Comedy, by Jacqueline Johnson
6. Steve Urkel and the Continuing Resonance of the "Blerd": Satirical Television Characters and Cultural Change, by Timothy Havens
7. Giving (Funny) Face: Prince and His Humors, by Scott Poulson-Bryant
Part Three: The Liberation and Limits of Black Comedy
8. "I Need Miss Rona to Start Tap Dancing Around in Them Lungs": Black Twitter's Political Humor in COVID-19 Times, by Anshare Antoine and Mel Stanfill
9. "Can You Say P-Failure?": The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer and UPN, by Kelly Cole
Part Four: Producing Comedy
10. Geraldine and Me: Flip Wilson's Legacy and this Black Female Sketch Comedy Artist, by Ellen Cleghorne
11. From Network Comedy to Streaming Dramedy: How The Game's Creator Challenged the Boundaries Placed on Black-Themed Sitcoms, by Felicia D. Henderson
12. "Look at Me!": Jackie's Back, Lifetime, and the Production of Black Camp, by Alfred L. Martin, Jr. and Ken Feil
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