7/17/12
Entertainment/The 1970's
Mr. Lear is the creator and writer behind such ground-breaking television shows
as All In The Family, Good Times, Sanford & Son, One Day At A Time and Maude. At a time
when the leading storylines on television shows involved what to do when the boss
came to dinner unexpectedly, Mr. Lear's shows portrayed the significant issues of the
day—racial segregation, ethnic prejudice, and political polarization, among others -- and
created a dialogue around them.
Mr. Lear is the owner of a “Dunlap broadside,” one of the first printed copies of
the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Not wanting it to be a mere collector's item, he
took the priceless document on a tour of the United States so that Americans could
experience the country's "birth certificate" firsthand.
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MLA Citation
Norman Lear. Interview. Norman Lear. History Heard. 17 July 2012.
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