On the day of that MLK Nobel speech, in the Twin Cities at 1:15 AM, Channel 11 showed a rerun of "Amos 'n' Andy."
Six years later in the Twin Cities Mary Tyler Moore would throw her hat in the air. At her fictional TV station there was a black weatherman, Gordy, played by John Amos (not of 'Amos and Andy', but it is thematic).
In 1974 Amos starred in the show "Good Times", where his character lived with his family in the Projects of Chicago.
That show featured Jimmie 'J.J'. Walker. John Amos stated:
"The writers would prefer to put a chicken hat on J.J. and have him prance around saying "DY-NO-MITE", and that way they could waste a few minutes and not have to write meaningful dialogue."
From Wiki:
Walker appeared on The O'Reilly Factor on July 11, 2012. He stated that he did not vote for Barack Obama and that he would not vote for him in the 2012 election either.
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