Updated September 30, 2022 at 6:59 AM ET. It wasn't until September 2021 that Sesame Street — which started in November 1969 — got its first full-time Black female puppeteer. That's when Megan ...

The puppets left such an impression, in fact, that she decided to try her hand at it. Her parents bought her a puppet at age 8, thinking it would be a good outlet for her.

However, it wasn't until 2021, 52 years later, the show got its first Black female puppeteer. ... Megan wasn't much older than those girls when she picked up her first puppet.

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It wasn’t until September 2021 that Sesame Street — which started in November 1969 — got its first full-time Black female puppeteer. ... a 6-year-old puppet on the classic children’s show.

"I did not know until I was much older that the puppets were not real," Piphus Peace, 29, said. When she did find out, though, they remained her friends. The p. Megan Piphus Peace was a shy child.

Her journey to Sesame Street was preceded by Kevin Clash, a Black male puppeteer who started with the show in the 1980s. It wasn't until 2021 that a Black female puppeteer would do the same. "It's ...

The puppets left such an impression, in fact, that she decided to try her hand at it. Her parents bought her a puppet at age 8, thinking it would be a good outlet for her.

This month marks one year since Megan Piphus Peace joined the cast. She praises how the show discusses topics like race for children — and she herself is being inspired for a new chapter.