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  Norm Lear whose ground breaking popular   TV shows to the 1970s  included "All in the Family", "The JEffersons."Maude".

  Always a gentleman, Lear' contributions  took television away from dopey wives, and dumb fathers, from pimps, hookers, hustlers, private eyes, junkies, cowboys and rustlers that constituted early TV,   

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  Emmy awarded - humorous and decent family show producer
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  Eric Monte, a man who allowed his pen and desire to eliminate the stereotypes of African-Americans, became one of America’s favorite writers with credits of the movie Cooley High and the television shows: “All in the Family”, “The Jeffersons’s”, “Good Times”, “What’s Happening!” and he was also the guest writer penning an episode for the shows: “The Wayans Bros” and “Moesha”. A trailblazer in black television, Eric Monte showed America and the world an authentic view of life as a black American. Prior to 1970, blacks were portrayed as servants, sidekicks or clowns and uneducated.

   

    Eric Monte changed that by creating characters that were controversial and politically and socially conscious. With male figures such as James Evans and George Jefferson, it was the first time we saw ourselves on television living in a positive and productive way, regardless of our economic status.

   

   

  Eric Monte credits his partnerships with Mike Evans (who played Lionel Jefferson on All in the Family) and Norman Lear (television writer and producer who produced a lot of 1970s sitcoms), regardless of the script of project, these two men were by his side. However, we all know that in any business industry, knowing the legal and business side of things is essential to your longevity, financial success, and reputation. Unfortunately for Eric Monte, he lost ownership rights of his creations, as well as the financial benefits that were to gain. In 1977, Eric filed a law suit against Norman Lear, CBS and ABC alleging that his story ideas were stolen.  After winning the lawsuit, he was blacklisted in Hollywood and is still to this day. “As soon as I filed that suit, all of my offers dried up. Nobody in Hollywood would talk to me. I was blacklisted,” he said.

   

  Hollywood may have blacklisted him, but his stories, scripts, and characters such as J.J. Evans, Thelma Evans, Richard “Cochise” Morris, Leroy “Preach” Jackson, Mr. Mason, Dee Dee Thomas, Roger Thomas, ReRun Stubbs, Florence Johnston, Tom Willis, Louise Jefferson… he will never be blacklisted in the homes of many people

   

  From <https://web.archive.org/web/20180310200740/http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1182583>

   

   

   

   

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  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Monte#:~:text=Monte%20now%20lives%20in%20Portland%2C%20Oregon.
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  Eric Monte (born Kenneth Williams; December 25, 1943)^[1]is an American screenwriter and TV series creator. He is known for his work in depicting 1970s African-American culture. Monte wrote and created several sitcoms for television such as Good Times(with actor and screenwriter Mike Evans), The Jeffersons as a writer, What's Happening!! as well as the spin-off series, What's Happening Now!!. The series was based on the coming of age film Cooley High, which Monte wrote and which was based on his high school experiences.^[2][3]

  Eric Monte
  Born	Kenneth Williams[1] December 25, 1943 (age 79)[1] Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
  Alma mater	Cooley Vocational High School (attended)
  Occupation	Screenwriter
  Years active	1970–2001
  Known for	Writer – Good Times, What's Happening!!, The Jeffersons, Cooley High

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