Nkechi Okoro Carroll Wants To ‘Celebrate’ HBCU Culture With ‘All American: Homecoming’

By Keyaira Boone ·Updated February 20, 2022

Nkechi Okoro Carroll grew up using VHS tape to record the lives of Whitley Gilbert and Ron Johnson with no idea their storylines on A Different World reflected real people and experiences. 

“I don’t even think I realized that HBCUs were a thing,” the All American: Homecoming showrunner told ESSENCE. “I was born in New York, but my family is Nigerian and we moved back to

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