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    'We Built This': 'Black-ish' Makes A Piercing, Vital Juneteenth Musical

    The fourth season of ABC's comedy series Black-ish began with a frank and funny musical episode about truth in history and the importance of celebration.
    by Linda Holmes Oct 04, 2017 3 minutes
    Marsai Martin, Jenifer Lewis, Yara Shahidi, Tracee Ellis Ross, Anthony Anderson, Marcus Scribner, Miles Brown, and Laurence Fishburne perform in the fourth-season premiere of ABC's <em>Black-ish</em>.

    The Hamilton-inflected logo of the cast of Black-ish silhouetted against a gold background announced, before the premiere of the fourth season even hit its first commercial break, that this was going to be an unusual episode.

    The story began with Dre (Anthony Anderson) and the rest of the family drearily enduring Diane and Jack's school play celebrating Columbus Day. Dre confronted the teacher about why a slave trader was being celebrated at school, and his father (Laurence Fishburne) chimed in that

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