1970
1970
Teresa Graves stars in "Get Christie Love!," becoming the first black woman to lead a one-hour drama series on network television.
"Get Christie Love!" 1970
1974
Cicely Tyson wins two Emmy Awards for her outstanding performance in the TV movie "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman." She portrays the life of a former slave who lived through the Civil War and Reconstruction era.
“Good Times” airs as the first television series to showcase an African American two-parent family. Esther Rolle plays Florida Evans, a maid who originally appeared in “Maude,” and the show follows her family living in a Chicago housing project.
"Good Times" 1974
1979
“The Facts of Life,” a spin-off of “Diff’rent Strokes,” features Kim Fields as Dorothy “Tootie” Ramsey, a chatty young student at a private all-girls school in Peekskill, New York, with a dream of becoming an actress. Fields is well-known for this role and her character’s catchphrase, “We’re in troouu-ble!”
"The Facts of Life" 1979