From YouTube to Disney+: Preschool hit 'Gracie's Corner' lands streaming and development deal

LOS ANGELES — When Javoris Hollingsworth looked over his children’s shoulders during the pandemic, he noticed something missing from the educational videos keeping them occupied: Black characters who reflected families like his own. “Did you realize that none of the characters look like our children?” he asked his wife, Arlene Gordon-Hollingsworth. Instead of simply pointing out the problem, the couple set out to change it. That observation eventually led to “Gracie