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ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ Presents Good Times Actor Jimmie Walker, May 3 at Noon
Press Release · Thursday, April 25, 2013

Dynomite! Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times—A Memoir

Washington, DC…On Friday, May 3, at noon, the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ will host 70s TV show Good Times actor and comedian Jimmie Walker in a discussion of his new book, Dynomite! Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times—A Memoir. A book signing will follow the program.

The free program will take place in the William G. McGowan Theater at the . Use the Special Events Entrance, located at Constitution Ave. and 7th Street, NW.

The program will be webcast live (and immediately archived) on the channel [http://www.ustream.tv/usnationalarchives].

Jimmie Walker got his start performing comedy in small clubs, and ultimately became a 1970s icon playing J.J. Evans on Good Times. Walker was the first successful young black sitcom star, and his catchphrase—"Dyn-o-mite!"—remains an indicator of the era. In Dynomite!, Walker talks candidly about his rise and the tensions on the set of Good Times that contradict the show's image of a close-knit blue-collar family.

During the run of our current photographic exhibition, "Searching for the Seventies: The DOCUMERICA Photography Project," the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ presents programs relating to events of the 1970s. The free exhibit is on display through September 8, 2013, in the Lawrence F. O'Brien Gallery of the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ Building in Washington, DC.

The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ is fully accessible. To verify the date and times of the programs, call 202-357-5000, or view the online.

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For press information, contact the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ Public Affairs staff at 202-357-5300.

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