Televisions have entertained American families for many years, reflecting the social norms of different periods. Since the 1960s, the rules and social norms governing what is “right and wrong” in America have changed profoundly. As journalists, my group and I were interested in how shifting social boundaries affected broadcast television, which gave rise to this research question: How did television entertainment does it reflect social movements over the past 50 years? I focused on how social movements and society's acceptance of racial equality affected the way African Americans were shown on television. Since the 1960s, multiple social changes have impacted African Americans. I was interested in how these changes reflected the way the minority was portrayed on television. For many white Americans, television was the only glimpse of African Americans. For this reason, their judgment of African Americans may be affected by television as much as television is affected by social movements. If the American population is to continue to grow toward racial equality, we must understand the impact of television on our judgment. Anne Gray Perrin's article "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: The Network of Racial, Class, and Gender Constructs in the Late 1960s" examines how a popular film of the late 1960s reflected the social movements of the late 1960s. 'era. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner was released in 1967 and was one of the first American films to show an interracial couple. According to Perrin, it was released just months after Justice Earl Warren ruled to legalize interracial marriage in Loving v. Virginia. Other directors had already tried to show interracial couples, but theaters were prohibited from playing them. Two years before... middle of paper ......this has happened since the 1960s. I would then make a separate list of popular films and television shows depicting African Americans during the same time periods. Finally, I would analyze the links between the two lists. Doing my research, I would expect to find more positive portrayals of African Americans in more recent TV shows and movies. However, as racism still exists, stereotypes and negative characteristics are also to be expected. The scholarly articles I researched came from credible sources and allowed me to make connections between society, television, and African Americans. They brought attention to themes that I would have otherwise ignored, such as stereotypes and the impact of television on society. However, only Perrin and Berry made a direct connection between social movements and the representation of African Americans on television..