Sesame Street introduced two Black Muppets this week as part of its initiative to teach children "The ABC's of Racial Literacy." According to the "Sesame Street in Communities" website, "racial ...

When Elmo's sunflower, Sunny, outgrows his flower pot, Big Bird's garden seems to be the perfect place for Sunny to flourish. An excited Abby Cadabby, Sesame Street's fairy-in-training, casts a spell ...

Lupita Nyong’o and Elmo come together on Sesame Street for an honest, yet lighthearted conversation about skin and skin color. It’s hard not to love these two as they discuss with ease the touchy ...

The news: Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o stopped by Sesame Street recently to chat with Elmo, and it was magical. The topic was skin — its function, its characteristics and its beauty — ...

In March 2021, the Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind the children's TV show "Sesame Street," introduced two new Black characters as part of its "ABCs of Racial Literacy" program. As Elmo and the ...

“Sesame Street” has been providing children with educational content for over 50 years, ever since the height of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Now, Elmo’s dad, Louie, is taking the ...

Cheryl Elmo remembers the first drawing she ever made. “It was Barbie and Ken,” she says with a laugh. “My mother gave me pencils and paper and crayons when I was really small and that was it for me.” ...