'The Jeffersons' at 50: How Norman Lear changed the way Black people were represented on TV
Norman Lear's "The Jeffersons," an "All in the Family" spinoff, was a record-setting Black comedy. But it made important ...
In the Trump era, there’s one classic English writer you must read
William Hazlitt’s 1825 publication The Spirit of the Age contains some strikingly timely warnings about fake news and abuse ...
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4 big accomplishments of the 1963 March on Washington
The event is most famous for the "I Have a Dream" speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. from the steps ... "The Norman Lear sitcoms of the early 1970s, in which bigoted whites were regularly ...
The president who could not choose
But in both cases, the president and his allies in Congress made a conscious choice, for good or ill. What stands out about ...
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Norman Lear, famous writer and producer, called Iowa his 'spiritual home'
NEWS, NEW YORK. NOW, LEAR HAD STRONG TIES TO OUR STATE. IN 1971, HE SHOT HIS MOVIE COLD TURKEY IN AND AROUND GREENFIELD AND WINTERSET. LEAR RETURNED TO CENTRAL IOWA IN 2014 FOR THE CELEBRATE IOWA ...
Claire Wants to Kill Jordan — and Phyllis Gives Billy a Reality Check
I lowkey want to book a dolphin swim here now — absolutely loved their reply 🤣but for everyone asking… no I still haven’t ...
3 to See: 'Heroines of Voting Rights' performance; 'Waste to Wonder' art; MLK Day brunch
Heroines of Voting Rights,' an MLK Day performance; 'Waste to Wonder' art exhibit; MLK Day brunch and lecture in Delray Beach ...
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Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday with book recommendations for all ages
Between 1957 and his assassination on April 4, 1968, at age 39, Martin Luther King Jr. gave 2,500 speeches, wrote sermons and ...
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David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mulholland Drive,' dies at 78
The filmmaker was celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive" and the TV ...
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Safety King Mack transfers back to Penn State football after a year at Alabama
King Mack began his college career playing for Penn State football; then he decided to take his talents to the SEC and the University of Alabama. After spending a season in Tuscaloosa, Mack ...