One by one, the cast members learned about the cancellation in unexpected ways: -Isabel Sanford, who portrayed Jefferson family matriarch Louise “Weezy” Jefferson and was the first Black ...

Gibbs herself played the Jeffersons' maid, Florence Johnston. At the time a TV novice and mother of three, Gibbs had been working as a reservation agent for United Airlines and figured she'd have a ...

“Shortly later I was cast as Louise Jefferson, the Bunker’s neighbor ... The additional vocals were provided by a 35-member gospel choir. Ja'Net Dubois, circa 1975. (Photo by Getty Images ...

Sen. Val Applewhite, a U.S. Air Force veteran from Cumberland County, called a Republican judge’s attempt to throw out votes cast by members of the military “an unspeakable, un-American betrayal.” She ...