African Americans

Aside from Mammy Two Shoes from the Tom and Jerry shorts, Hanna-Barbera did not begin including African American characters in their cartoons until 1970. These were voiced by African-American actors. Among the most notable were:
* Freight Train from Where's Huddles?, voiced by Herb Jeffries
* Valerie Brown from Josie and the Pussy Cats and its spinoff, Josie and the Pussy Cats in Outer Space, as well as The New Scooby-Doo Movies episode "The Haunted Showboat," voiced by Barbara Pariot (speaking), and Patrice Holloway (singing).
* The Harlem Globetrotters and the Super Globetrotters, the former of whom also appeared in three episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Movies and the special The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White.
* Mrs. Thomas and Ed Thomas from Sealab 2020, voiced by Olga James and Ron Pinkard, respectively
* Wilt Chamberlain, voiced by Chamberlain himself, from the Goober and the Ghost Chasers episode "The Galloping Ghost".
* Black Vulcan from The All-New Superfriends Hour and subsequent iterations, voiced by Buster Jones.
* Dee Dee Skyes from Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, voiced by Vernee Watson-Johnson.
* Brock Borden from Godzilla, voiced by Hilly Hicks.
* Maxi from Casper and the Angels, voiced by Diana McCannon.
* Moleculad of the Teen Force from Space Stars, voiced by David Hubbard.
* Eugene from Mork & Mindy, voiced by Shavar Ross. Ross also voiced Buckwheat in The Little Rascals and Harvey in Star Fairies.
* Andy LeBeau, from The Gary Coleman Show, voiced by Gary Coleman. The same series featured Haggle as a recurring character, as well as Spence and his younger sister, Tina.
* Cyborg from The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, voiced by Ernie Hudson.
* Philo Quartz, Officer Quartz, and Mrs. Quartz, from The Flintstone Kids, voiced by Bumper Robinson, Buster Jones, and an unknown actress, respectively. Philo was voiced by René Le Vant in A Flintstones Christmas Carol. 
* The Mayor of Bedrock, from the Captain Caveman and Son segments of The Flintstone Kids, voiced by Bever-Leigh Banfield.
* Carter, voiced by George Lemore, from Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone.
* Little Richard (voiced by Richard himself), Harriet Tubman, and John Henry, all three of whom appeared in episodes of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures.
There were also several one-shots who were seen only in one episode:
* The unsold series concepts Duffy's Dozen and The Blackstones had African-Americans as regular cast members.
* One-shot African-American characters were seen in Wait till Your Father Gets Home, Speed Buggy, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, The Scooby-Doo Show, The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show, The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, and other series.
Other characters voiced by African-American actors were the Cheshire Cat from The New Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? and Head Ratte from Heidi's Song, both voiced by Sammy Davis Jr.; Hong Kong Phooey, voiced by Scatman Crothers; the Astromites, Plutem and Glax, from Teen Force, voiced by Michael Winslow, and Kwame from The New Adventures of Captain Planet, voiced by LeVar Burton.
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