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As a younger child from Florida and James Evans, Sr.Good time,,Ralph Carter broken the mold for children of Mignons sitcom. Michael, a younger brother in the baby's face, dropped bombs of truth that could have otherwise threatened certain audiences - claiming that his mother that "boy" is a "white racist term", declaring that Jesus may have been black and that he was suspended for having said to his teacherGeorge Washington was racist to be a slave, to name only a few. Rumors of what has become crankcase afterGood time I came out of the air in 1979 which circulated for years, including stories that he died in the 1990s and that he became minister. In reality, Carter is very lively and active in industry. ("Sinuendosthat I died Over the decades-I maintain that when people do not have access to his personal life, they create things, "he saidJet In 2008.)

Read the rest to know where life has taken it sinceGood time finished and where he is now at 61 years old.

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In an interview with the 2nd annual show of Men of Excellence Awards in 2017, Carter revealed that the confidence he had won as an actor allowed him toTravel and live in Africa For a while afterGood time ended.

"I went on the first plane for Africa, and that's it for me," he said, detailing his time in East and West Africa, including the regions of Angola and Cameroon, where his ancestors came from. "I know who I am [because of that], so it gives me a chance to walk differently from the world."

Carter had already appeared in several Broadway shows and was even nominated for a Tony for its role in the Broadway musicalGrape When he joined the good times at 12 years old. He would continue to exercise his vocal talents during the sitcom race, releasing the album DiscoWhen you are young and in love in 1975. The title song, which he promotedat a timeGood time andSoul train, reaches n ° 10 on graphics. He continued in music in the 80s, taking a tour as a nightclub singer and in 1985, publishing another single, "Get It Right".

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Carter was deeply influenced by his childhood spent in the Brownsville and Bedford Stuyvesant districts of Brooklyn, discussing the dynamic culture that fed him in an entry into the oral history of theBedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (Restoration). As an adult, he gave up Hollywood to spend decades as a resident of the district of Clinton Hill in the district while working in the community of local performing arts and New York Black Game Houses . "Hollywood has its own energy; I have energy where I am," he said. "Why should I look for energy elsewhere when I have diamonds in my own backyard?"

In the mid -1980s, Carter joined Billie Holiday theater to play the main role inDonny's house, a rock operetta attacking the medication epidemic at the endGood time writer and playwrightJudi Ann Mason. (The cast later took the show in schools before recording a production nominated at the Emmy Emmy for CBS.) Citing the desire to work again with his screen and his "spiritual" father John Amos, Carter contacted the ' veteran actor, who appeared with him in him a renewal ofRichard Wesley father-and-fits dramaThe past is the past at the same playhouse in 1989.

Over the years, Carter has appeared on stage in other productions based in New York, notably the new federal theater showGreat men of the Gospel and a renewal in 2004 ofMelvin Van Peebles musicalIs not supposed to die a natural death For the classic Harlem Company theater.

Carter was also active as a writer and playwright, Penning Works, including the playGrandmother's hands, inspired by the women of his family, who was played at the National Black Theater Festival. As for why he turned to writing, he cited the advice of his television father on the creation of opportunities for himself and for other color artists.

"What I learned from John Amos is that if I wanted to work as an artist, one of the best things to do is to create a vehicle in which I could not only play, but I could create An environment where others may be used, "he said in oral history.

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Carter sits and is currently 3rd vice-president of the board of directors ofAudelco, an organization Founded in 1973 for "Honor Excellence in African American Theater in New York". He also organized his annual award ceremony in honor of excellence in the Black Theater. An annualscholarship named after Carter "Support groups of under-represented students in the arts and promote diversity in the profession" was also created for students through the Louise W. Pilgrim Life Academy.

In addition to his work on stage with Amos, Carter found the cast ofGood time over the years. In 2006, the casting accepted the TV Land Impact Award for the role that the series played in the offer "both entertainment and enlightenment, which always striving for humor and 'Humanity, with a comedy that reflected reality. " The same year, Carter joinedJimmie Walker,,Bernadette Stanis, andJanet Jackson (which has played Penny in the past two seasons) to present the prize for the best female hip hop artist at the Bet Awards. A decade later,Steve Harvey transformed the chicago set of his talk show to resemble theGood time Salon and gathered and sisters on Carter, Walker and Stanis screen for a walk in the past.

"I learned what love is,"Carter said during the meeting of his time in the series. "I learned ... how a group of people can get along."