Bird of the Iron Feather


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Episodes: 21

Seasons: 1

Show dates: January 19 – March 6, 1970

Performers include: Bernard Ward, Yolande Bryant, Ira William Rogers

Description: Bird of the Iron Feather centers on fictional Black Chicago Police Detective Jonah Rhodes, who is killed during the 1966 Chicago West Side riots. Stories are told via flashbacks based on his diary, discovered in his police station locker after his death by his nemesis, Sergeant Harry Vines. Thirty-five-year-old Jonah is married to Jean, and is responsible for his three younger siblings and grandmother.
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