Who is Lewis Black’s mother? Meet Jeannette Black

Lewis Black’s mother was Jeannette Black (née Kaplan), a teacher. Lewis Black was born on August 30, 1948, in Washington, D.C., United States of America.

Lewis Black grew up in a middle-class Jewish family in the Burnt Mills neighborhood of Silver Spring, Maryland. Tragically, Lewis Black’s younger brother, Ronald, passed away from cancer in 1997 at the age of 47.

Lewis Black attended the University of Maryland, College Park, where he studied playwriting. He later transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he continued his studies in playwriting and became a member of the Student Congress before graduating in 1970.

In Washington, D.C., Lewis Black worked at the Appalachian Regional Commission and began performing stand-up comedy. Black’s career in theater took off as a playwright.

Lewis Black has been an “ambassador for voting rights” for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) since 2013. When not touring, Black resides in Manhattan but also maintains a residence in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.