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Amos 'n' Andy

Pronunciation pronunciation key
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Definition 
Stereotypes of the rural black population of the United States. Amos 'n' Andy was massively popular both as a long-running radio comedy, first broadcast in 1929, and later as a television series, with Freeman S. Gosden as the hardworking Amos and Charles Correll as his slower-thinking friend Andy. Because both characters were played by white actors in "blackface" makeup, the series eventually fell foul of civil rights activists and the show was canceled in 1958, despite having become a national institution with a huge following. Nowadays, the names are sometimes applied to black people who appear to fit the characters depicted in the program, usually by virtue of their dim-wittedness or naive incompetence. That pair are about as reliable as Amos 'n' Andy.

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