Black Celebrities Who Are Shaping The Future Old And New

What Hollywood stars will help shape the future of the entertainment industry?

For the past several years, movie and TV actors like Whoopi Goldberg, Hattie McDaniel, Thandie Newton and Forest Whitaker have used their artistic skills to spotlight commentary on racism, sexism, and classism in our society in their previous films.

These legends are still shaping Hollywood in their own respective ways, but an entirely new generation of actors are already emerging and spreading diversity to even bigger scope.

Hit the flip to peep how new stars Jessica Williams, Jennifer Hudson,Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Nate Parker are following right in these iconic actors footsteps and create bridges to close the gap between the old and the new school.