History will be made next week on CBS daytime with the premiere of “Beyond the Gates.” It’s the first soap opera to debut in over 25 years and the first hour-long soap to center around a Black family.

In 1968, Ellen Holly became the first Black lead on a soap ("One Life to Live") while the true breakthrough roles had to wait until the '80s with Darnell Williams and Debbi Morgan on "All My Children," then the '90s, with Kristoff St. John on "The Young and the Restless."