A group of Black Panthers helped launch ‘The Jeffersons’ 50 years ago
The Jeffersons,” which debuted a half-century ago this year, presented the image of an upwardly mobile Black businessman, ...
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Who Is Still Alive From ‘The Jeffersons’?
The show, which ran from 1975 to 1985, was the groundbreaking spinoff of All in the Family, following George and Louise “Weezy” Jefferson as they moved on up to the East Side. It tackled race ...
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Metairie teen pleads guilty to killing 22-year-old when he was 16, after online feud
The victim and suspect had been arguing online over an earlier homicide before the deadly shooting, Jefferson Parish investigators said.
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Why Telma Hopkins and George Wallace are grateful for Laverne Cox after starring together in Amazon Prime’s ‘Clean Slate’
One of TV’s first sympathetic trans characters, Edie Stokes, appeared in a 1977 episode of the epic Norman Lear comedy “The Jeffersons.” In the episode, George Jefferson is waiting for a ...