Piphus, a Vanderbilt alum, is the voice and puppeteer for 6-year-old Gabrielle, the first Black female character on "Sesame Street.” Piphus, who grew up in Cincinnati suburb Lincoln Heights and ...

Piphus, a Vanderbilt alum, is the voice and puppeteer for 6-year-old Gabrielle, the first Black female character on "Sesame Street.” Piphus grew up in a violent neighborhood just outside Cincinnati, ...

When "Sesame Street" was created in 1969, it was a test - could television teach children? The program was developed with lower-income families in mind, and the set was meant to represent a block in ...

Apart from the giant yellow bird, the red furry monster and the blue Muppet with an insatiable appetite for cookies, “Sesame Street” appears as real as the New York City streets that inspired it.