The ABC comedy-drama series "Room 222" took place at fictional Walt Whitman High School.

The show primarily focused on an American history class in room 222 at the fictional, extremely racially diverse school in Los Angeles, but it also showed the lives of the students and faculties outside of the educational arena. The class is taught by Pete Dixon (portrayed by Lloyd Haynes) who is an idealistic African-American school teacher.

Dixon gives his students gentle lessons on tolerance, understanding and normal teenager issues, while also dealing with the topics of the time period, such as the Vietnam War, women's rights, race relations and the Watergate scandal that marred the Nixon administration.

In 1970, Room 222 earned the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Series, while Michael Constantine (principal Seymour Kaufman) and Karen Valentine (student teacher Alice Johnson) won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, respectively.

"Room 222" was also famous for its "Who's Who" list of guest stars from early in their careers. These included Bruno Kirby, Bernie Kopell, Cindy Williams, Teri Garr, Ed Begley Jr., Jamie Farr, Rob Reiner, Anthony Geary, Richard Dreyfuss, Chuck Norris, Kurt Russell, Bob Balaban, Donny Most, and Mark Hamill. All went on to find success in movies, television or both.

Whitman is among the most influential American poets in history and is often called the father of free verse.

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