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Family Matters was a staple of 90’s television. The show, which starred Jaleel White as Steve Urkle, was a runaway success cementing the young star as a mainstay on tv screens during the decade. The show was one of several shows at the time depicting black families as middle class. …

Family Matters was a staple of 90’s television. The show, which starred Jaleel White as Steve Urkle, was a runaway success cementing the young star as a mainstay on tv screens during the decade. The show was one of several shows at the time depicting black families as middle class. …

Family Matters was a standout of the 90’s Television era. The show was a spin-off of “Perfect Strangers”, and it featured an African American middle-class family in Chicago, Illinois. Jaleel White starred as Steve Urkel, the shows zany breakout character who went on to become a pop culture phenom. His …

Family Matters was a staple of the 90’s TV era. A spin-off of the show “Perfect Strangers”, it featured an African American middle-class family in Chicago, Illinois. Jaleel White played Steve Urkel, the shows zany breakout star who went on to become a pop culture phenom. The character’s popularity was …

Jaleel White was a staple in America’s household for all of the 90s, playing the infamous character “Steve Urkel” in the ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters.  The nerdy character tugged at America’s heartstrings with his high water pants, suspenders, and thick eyeglasses, and constantly overcoming adversities sent his way, whether or …