Meet Black Lightning, DC and CW's first African-American superhero lead

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Meet Black Lightning, DC and CW's first African-American superhero lead
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Studios and networks may be making tentative steps towards inclusivity and diversity, but superhero franchises are still slow on the uptake when it comes to adapting comic book characters who aren't straight, white, cisgender malesViewers are (http://mashable.com/2017/03/13/ghost-in-the-shell-movie-meme-backfires/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) voicing their displeasure (http://mashable.com/2017/03/17/iron-fist-tv-review/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) more loudly (http://mashable.com/2017/03/08/netflix-iron-fist-review-round-up/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) than ever (http://mashable.com/2017/03/21/iron-fist-comic-book-creator-racial-controversy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) about the dearth of representation (http://mashable.com/2017/03/14/kal-penn-audition-tweets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) on our screens (http://mashable.com/2016/04/14/scarlett-johansson-ghost-in-the-shell/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) — and how long it's taking to fix the situation.*

Wonder Woman first swung her lasso of truth on TV back in 1975, but it wasn't until 2015 that DC and Marvel let Supergirl and Jessica Jones lead the next wave of female superhero shows. Similarly, we had to wait until 2016 for Luke Cage to become the first black hero since Blade to star in an eponymous ******.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/29/black-lightning-cw-tv-show-cress-williams-costume/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

More about Luke Cage (http://mashable.com/category/luke-cage/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Dc Comics (http://mashable.com/category/dc-comics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Cress Williams (http://mashable.com/category/cress-williams/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), The Cw (http://mashable.com/category/the-cw/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Black Lightning (http://mashable.com/category/black-lightning/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/kyJQJw18Ovc