Photos of actors Aaron Pierre and Yara Shahidi are getting lots of attention across every social media platform as fans try to figure out what to do with all of that beautiful Blackness.

Shahidi and her mother were each dressed in springtime bright colors, despite New York’s still-cold temperatures. “That was the goal, to bring the spring to New York,” Salter-Shahidi said.

Yara Shahidi, the award-winning actress who starred in ABC’s show black-ish, grew up on screen. But ironically, she didn’t really grow up watching TV. “The journey into becoming an actor ...