Esther Rolle's Hope for Good Times
Norman Lear & Tandem Productions winning streak
All in the Family > Maude > Good Times (1974-1980)
1965 Federal Report: “The Negro Family: The Case for National Action”
Good Times family structure: single mother or nuclear family
Esther Rolle & John Amos stand firm
6 difficult seasons
Esther Rolle's lifetime record of civil rights activism
Key resource: Christine Acham's Revolution Televised: Prime Time and the Struggle for Black Power, (University of Minnesota Press, 2005)
