KARYN PARSONS – ORGANIZATION FOUNDER
Fans of the NBC comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air will immediately identify the actress who portrayed Hilary Banks, and that actress is none other than Karyn Parsons. Parsons also took a lengthy break from Hollywood a few years after the program ended. Parsons also wrote two novels for children, an intermediate novel called How High the Sky and a picture book called Flying Free, both inspired by her mother’s upbringing.
There is no doubt that Parsons was a fantastic actress and comedian in the first half of her career. However, after considering her future intentions, she made significant investments and established the Sweet Blackberry Foundation, an organization that promotes and spreads the narrative of unsung African-American people. The Sweet Blackberry Foundation is her method of campaigning for equal rights and promoting the importance of African-Americans in society.