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Irving Pressley McPhail was on the quaint Raleigh campus of Saint Augustine’s University for only a few months as president before he succumbed to COVID-19. The historically Black university celebrated its leader as if he had been there decades. There was a special open-air service for him on the front lawn of the school, where a gospel choir sang the words, “My hallelujah belongs to you, you deserve it!”
Saint Augustine’s was where the 71-year-old McPhail was expected to wrap up a stellar career in higher education. He was the founding chancellor of the Community College of Baltimore County and had served as president of two other schools.
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The “Birth of Cool” original series is part of Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions.
Published February 22nd
Written by BET Staff
Today, Monday, February 22, BET+, the premiere streaming service for the Black audience, announced the production of the new original series,
“BIRTH OF COOL,” in partnership with
MACRO Television Studios (RAISING DION, GENTEFIED) and
Hillman Grad Productions (QUEEN AND SLIM, THE CHI, TWENTIES). The ten-episode series marks MACRO Television Studios’ first series with BET+ and
Lena Waithe’s third original production with the brand.
“BIRTH OF COOL” was created by writer-director
Juel Taylor (CREED II, THEY CLONED TYRONE) and writer
BET+ Nabs Birth of Cool From Macro and Lena Waithe s Hillman Grad
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The dramedy was created by writer-director Juel Taylor and his They Cloned Tyrone co-writer Tony Rettenmaier.
BET is adding a third original series from Lena Waithe s prolific Hillman Grad Productions, its first just for streaming platform BET+.
Birth of Cool, a half-hour dramedy, is a partnership between Charles D. King s Macro Television Studios, Endeavor Studios and Hillman Grad and was created by writer-director Juel Taylor and scribe Tony Rettenmaier. The pair most recently collaborated on
They Cloned Tyrone, the upcoming Macro sci-fi comedy feature starring John Boyega, Jamie Foxx and Teyonah Parris.