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  • Meet the Downing Brothers: The first black men with a show on HGTV

    Sep 27, 2022 2:15 pm by Eric WilsonIllinois in the News
    Anthony and Anton Downing (Photo courtesy of the Downing Brothers.)

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    • Anthony and Anton Downing (Photo courtesy of the Downing Brothers.)

    Black Enterprise (Sept. 27) Identical twins Anthony and Anton Downing, both U of I grads, became the first Black men to get their own HGTV pilot. They make it a point to show Black men in a positive light.