Editing What's Happening!! (section)

==Premise==
''What's Happening!!'' follows the lives of three working-class [[African American|African-American]] teens living in the [[Los Angeles]] neighborhood of [[Watts, Los Angeles|Watts]]. The show stars [[Ernest Lee Thomas|Ernest Thomas]] as Roger "Raj" Thomas, [[Haywood Nelson]] as Dwayne Nelson, and [[Fred Berry]] as Freddy "Rerun" Stubbs. Additional co-stars include [[Danielle Spencer (American actress)|Danielle Spencer]] as Roger's younger sister Dee, [[Mabel King]] as Roger and Dee's mother Mabel. [[Shirley Hemphill]] stars as Shirley Wilson, a tough but lovable waitress at ''Rob's Place'', the neighborhood [[soda shop]] where the boys are regular patrons. Recurring characters include Rob ([[Earl Billings]]), owner of Rob's Place, and Mrs. Collins ([[Fritzi Burr]]), a sardonic but caring history teacher and the sponsor of the school newspaper.