When "Sesame Street" was created in 1969, it was a test - could television teach children? The program was developed with lower-income families in mind, and the set was meant to represent a block in ...

Piphus, a Vanderbilt alum, is the voice and puppeteer for 6-year-old Gabrielle, the first Black female character on "Sesame Street.” Piphus grew up in a violent neighborhood just outside Cincinnati, ...