BernNadette Stanis: The Brooklyn Girl Who Changed Black Television Forever Source: https://www.youtube.com/@TocsinMag/shorts For generations of Black Americans, especially those who grew up watching television in the 1970s, BernNadette Stanis was more than an actress. She was a breakthrough. Born Bernadette Stanislaus in Brooklyn, New York, in 1953, Stanis grew up in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn and attended Erasmus Hall High School before studying drama at the prestig