'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 history in other ways.
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‘The Jeffersons’ At 50: A Look Back At The Classic Sitcom
who originated her role as Louise “Weezie” Jefferson in the landmark sitcom All in the Family in the season one episode in 1971 titled “Lionel Moves in the Neighborhood.” Today we ...
'The Jeffersons' at 50: Looking back at a classic sitcom that changed TV
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 ...
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'The Jeffersons' at 50: How Norman Lear changed the way Black people were represented on TV
including its parent show “All in the Family.” But the more important history it made came as soon as its first episode, 50 years ago this week: CBS' “The Jeffersons” marked the first ...