ABC's "Blackish" Star Jenifer Lewis Shines With Her New Memoir "The Mother of Black Hollywood" at Miami's Overtown Performing Arts Center
By Laurean D. Robinson, MA July 28, 2018 “I am a born entertainer. Even as a little girl, I dreamed of being a star. I would be an entertainer had I been born a hundred years earlier or later. Had I been born a unicorn or even been born on Neptune, I would be somewhere singing in somebody’s universe, filled with music and fire.” - Jenifer Lewis in Memoir The Mother of Black Hollywood This is hardly a revelation to the industry legend and performing dynamo Miss Jenifer Lewis who has the most impressive resume of acting and singing roles in all of Hollywood. Another character she has taken on this last few years is that of an author of her memoir The Mother of Black Hollywood . Her South Florida leg of her book tour has brought her to South Florida's Lauderhill and ended at Miami’s historic Overtown Performing Arts Center . When the ABC’s Blackish star arrived, she sashayed towards the venue’s stage like the born performer she has...