roosevelt who made history and polarized the country was the eleanor roosevelt who wanted to see marion andersonerform at the lincoln memorial, even though she was denied, which we do not find controversial. >> marion anderson, african- >> the fact is a first lady was in the middle of that controversy. that setr predecessors and set her apart from the red cross promoter. >> did she come into the role, or did she grow into it? >> she had been in the movement since she was out of high school. it's not correct she only started when she got out of the white house area did -- a white she was very practice and politics even before she went into standing in for franklin in new york state when he had polio. she had been an activist in the women's movement, the labor movement, and she was probably one of the few first ladies who came into the white house with political constituencies of her own separate from her husband. >> has that happened since then? where was she unique? -- or was she unique? >> maybe hillary. >> on a much more modest scale. ine got away with things. terms of conflict of interest. pe

eleanor roosevelt who made polarized the country was the eleanor roosevelt who wanted to see marion anderson perform at the , even thoughial she was denied, which we do not find controversial. >> and african-american. is a first lady was in the middle of that controversy. that set her apart from her predecessors and set her apart from the red cross promoter. >> did she come into the role, or did she grow into it? >> she had been in the movement since she was out of high school. correct she only started when she got out of the white house area did -- a white house. been an activist in the women's movement, the labor movement, and she was probably fewof the first -- the first ladies who came into the white house with political owntituencies of her separate from her husband. >> has that happened since then? >> maybe hillary. >> on a much more modest scale. with things. broadcast.dio she was proud she drew more than her health and. -- her husband. of commercialized the role first lady. >> people would come down on her today. one of the things i thought was is she was about her into the media at

eleanor roosevelt who wanted to see marion anderson perform at the lincoln memorial after she was deniedwhich we don't think is controversial today. >> but the fact is the first lady of the united states was in the middle of that very heat ed battle, that, alone, set her apart from her predecessors. and frankly set her apart from the red cross. >> roosevelt come in to the wall as an activist or did she grow into it? >> she had been an activist on the women's and on the labor unit since -- and in the settlement house movement since she was out of high school. and so it's not correct that she only started when she got to the white house. she was very practiced in politics even before she went in to standing in for franklin in new york state when he had polio. active in the women's movement, the labor movement. she is probably one of the few first ladies who came into the white house with constituencies of her own, political constituencies of her own separate and apart from her husband. >> unique? maybe with hillary, maybe. >> on a much more modest scale. >> yeah. maybe. >> that was the --

marion acpan plays nancy. >> nancy is a home wrecker. >> reporter: then there's the sadistic madam and the model and recovering crack addict. the man behind the characters who also stars in the show is anthony anderson. >> there's a little pino gregio behind it somewhere. >> reporter: the predominantly black cast tackles tough social issues. >> there's really nothing off limits on the show. >> i would like to call us trendsetters, but there are a lot of other web series that have popped up since ours started four years ago. >> reporter: the online show has put a spotlight on anacostia, an area that's sometimes overlooked and oftentimes linked to poverty and crime, but the show's creator and director says oh, there's so much more. >> it has its share of tribulations and its very diabolical people and very upstanding people and i think when yo cue a show like this, if you're going to be -- do a show like this, if you're going to be doing it on location, you have to have that location to be the biggest character of them all. >> i think people, especially the ones that have watched the show, are going to be proud to associate themselves with the area. >> reporter: anacostia has won numerous soap awards

something that we were certainly not think controversial today. >> for people who don't know marion anderson, african american. >> that's right. but the fact is the first lady of the united states was in the middle of that very heated controversy. that alone set her apart from her predecessors and, frankly, set her apart from the red cross promoter. >> did eleanor roosevelt come into the role as an activist or did she grow into it? >> both. she had been an activist in the women's and labor movement and in the settlement house movement since she was out of high school. and so it's not correct that she only started when she got to the white house. she was very practiced in politics even before she went in to standing in for franklin in new york state when he had polio. so she had been an activist in the settlement house movement, in the women's movement, in the labor movement, and she is probably one of the few first ladies who came in to the white house with constituencies of her own, political constituencies of her own separate and apart from her husband's political constituencies. >> has th