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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018
Whitfield Believes Minority Entertainers Help Move the Country Forward
By Angeline Taylor
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Dondre Whitfield appears in a scene with Retina Wesley in the third season of OWN’s “Queen Sugar.”
As a child and an adult,
African-American actor Dondre Whitfield
has performed on shows that have
changed the color of television.
“I feel like my memoir is going to be
called from Robert to Remy,” said
Whitfield, referring to his character
Robert, the young sweetheart of Vanessa
Huxtable on “The Cosby Show.”
Today, the three-time Emmy Award
nominee is part of the talented cast in
OWN’s drama “Queen Sugar.” He plays
Remy Newell, an irrigation specialist and
confidant t