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nelius, host of the longest running syndicated program in TV history. The frontman for the Roots takes us on the journey through the show’s debut in 1971 to 1993, the final episode Cornelius, the creator, hosted. suffered from ethnic stereotypes since the 19th century. Timothy Meagher, a professor at the Catholic University of America specializing in Irish American history, says that though the Irish had made great gains since the ’30s in Hollywood, anti-Irish and anti-Catholic sentiment were still pronounced when  Gucci walletKelly married in 1956. “There was still great tension in the ’50s, but it’s also a time when the Irish kind of win. She is part of this, as in ‘we have the most beautiful woman in the world,’ ” Meagher said. “She represented a very

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