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The ‘60s and ‘70s TV show Julia was renowned as the first America television series to depict an African American woman in a role that was not stereotypical. The show ran for over eighty episodes on the NBC network.

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Prior to Julia, most shows that had African American characters portrayed them as servants. Diahann Carroll’s portrayal of Julia, however, changed all that. Julia was a single mother and a widow who works as a nurse in a doctor’s office. Her husband had died in the Vietnam War after being shot down in a fighter plane. Lloyd Nolan played the doctor, while Julia’s boyfriends were played by Fred Williamson and Paul Winfield.

While Julia is today remembered as a groundbreaking television show, at the time it angered a lot of prominent individuals in the African American community, who felt that the show was not politically engaged. As a lighthearted sitcom, it shied away from the “angry” antics of the activist community.

Cast of Julia TV Show

Julia – Diahann Carroll
Paul Winfield - Paul Cameron
Marc Copage - Corey Baker
Lloyd Nolan - Dr. Morton Chegley

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In a later interview, Diahann Carroll claimed that the show had come to an end because she had asked to be let out of her contract, having grown fed up with the controversy that the show generated.

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The TV Show Julia was televised from 09/17/1968 to 05/25/1971, on the NBC network.

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