Let's Mentor Together

Can Charles & Jamal succeed as mentors in the next episode?

Jamal and Charles: Mentor Extraordinaires - Jamal and Charles have a new task at hand: being role models to two young boys at the behest of their church. Can they handle it? If they follow the examples of these great mentors, than you can be certain that they can. (Photo: BET)

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Jamal and Charles: Mentor Extraordinaires - Jamal and Charles have a new task at hand: being role models to two young boys at the behest of their church. Can they handle it? If they follow the examples of these great mentors, than you can be certain that they can. (Photo: BET)

Joe Clarke - In Lean on Me, Morgan Freeman played a tough-as-nails principal at Eastside High who mentored several of his students through issues such as drug addiction, gang violence and teenage preganancy as well as academics. (Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures)

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Joe Clarke - In Lean on Me, Morgan Freeman played a tough-as-nails principal at Eastside High who mentored several of his students through issues such as drug addiction, gang violence and teenage preganancy as well as academics. (Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures)

Steve Hightower - On The Steve Harvey Show, Steve Harvey played Steve Hightower, a former funk musician who had become a music teacher at a school in Chicago. At the school, he mentored two students named Bullethead and Romeo. Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection)

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Steve Hightower - On The Steve Harvey Show, Steve Harvey played Steve Hightower, a former funk musician who had become a music teacher at a school in Chicago. At the school, he mentored two students named Bullethead and Romeo. Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection)

Roland Prybylewski - On The Wire, Roland Prybylewski was a police officer for the first three seasons and a teacher for the last two. He mentored the three young men in his math class who were the focus of the fourth season. (Photo: HBO)

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Roland Prybylewski - On The Wire, Roland Prybylewski was a police officer for the first three seasons and a teacher for the last two. He mentored the three young men in his math class who were the focus of the fourth season. (Photo: HBO)

Professor X - In The X-Men comic books, cartoons and movies, Professor X was a leader and mentor to young people with mutant powers at the Xavier's School for Young Gifted Mutants. He would use both his knowledge and wisdom as well as his psychic powers to help his students. (Photo: Twentieth Century FOX)

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Professor X - In The X-Men comic books, cartoons and movies, Professor X was a leader and mentor to young people with mutant powers at the Xavier's School for Young Gifted Mutants. He would use both his knowledge and wisdom as well as his psychic powers to help his students. (Photo: Twentieth Century FOX)

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Coach Carter - In Coach Carter, Samuel L. Jackson played a coach who mentored his players by not allowing them to play if they received poor grades. In the the film Coach Carter proved that coaching isn't just about sports.  (Photo: MTV Films)

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Coach Carter - In Coach Carter, Samuel L. Jackson played a coach who mentored his players by not allowing them to play if they received poor grades. In the the film Coach Carter proved that coaching isn't just about sports.  (Photo: MTV Films)

Herman Boone - Denzel Washington played Herman Boone in Remember the Titans. Boone was the football coach at a school in Virginia that was experiencing a good deal of racial tension. Boone managed to mentor both the Black players and the white players about the importance of teamwork, tolerance and understanding. (Photo: Jerry Bruckheimer Films)

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Herman Boone - Denzel Washington played Herman Boone in Remember the Titans. Boone was the football coach at a school in Virginia that was experiencing a good deal of racial tension. Boone managed to mentor both the Black players and the white players about the importance of teamwork, tolerance and understanding. (Photo: Jerry Bruckheimer Films)

Mr. Hollis - In Robert Townsend's movie In the Hive, the late Michael Clarke Duncan played Mr. Hollis, one of the dedicated teachers and mentors at a school that helped at-risk teenagers. (Photo: Courtesy of V Studio)

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Mr. Hollis - In Robert Townsend's movie In the Hive, the late Michael Clarke Duncan played Mr. Hollis, one of the dedicated teachers and mentors at a school that helped at-risk teenagers. (Photo: Courtesy of V Studio)