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  2. Roots (1977 miniseries) - Wikipedia

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    Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, set during and after the era of enslavement in the United States. The series first aired on ABC in January 1977 over eight consecutive nights.

  3. Roots: The Saga of an American Family - Wikipedia

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    Roots was a television miniseries airing over eight consecutive nights in January 1977. ABC network television executives chose to "dump" the series into a string of airings rather than space out the broadcasts because they were uncertain how the public would respond to the controversial, racially charged themes of the show.

  4. Category:Roots (TV miniseries) - Wikipedia

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    Aricles relating to the television miniseries Roots and its spin-offs. It is based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, set during and after the era of slavery in the United States. The series first aired on ABC in January 1977 over eight consecutive nights.

  5. Roots (2016 miniseries) - Wikipedia

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    Roots is a 2016 American miniseries and a remake of the 1977 miniseries with the same name, based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family, which follows an 18th-century Mandinka man who is enslaved and shipped from the Gambia to the Colony of Virginia and his descendants.

  6. Category:1970s American television miniseries - Wikipedia

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    Roots (TV miniseries) (6 P) ... Pearl (miniseries) The Pirate (1978 film) Q. QB VII (miniseries) ... Rich Man, Poor Man Book II; Roots (1977 miniseries) Roots: The ...

  7. Kunta Kinte - Wikipedia

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    Kunta Kinte's life story figured in two US television series based on the book: the original 1977 TV miniseries Roots, [2] and a 2016 remake of the same name. In the original miniseries, the character was portrayed as a teenager by LeVar Burton and as an adult by John Amos. In the 2016 miniseries, he is portrayed by Malachi Kirby. [3]

  8. Madge Sinclair - Wikipedia

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    Madge Dorita Sinclair CD (née Walters; April 28, 1938 – December 20, 1995) was a Jamaican actress best known for her roles in Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975), Convoy (1978), Coming to America (1988), Trapper John, M.D. (1980–1986), and the ABC TV miniseries Roots (1977).

  9. James Lee (screenwriter) - Wikipedia

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    His greatest success came with the 1977 miniseries Roots. Adapting the 1976 novel by Alex Haley, Lee wrote four of the series' twelve episodes, and co-wrote four others. [2] He and William Blinn received a 1977 Humanitas Prize for writing "Part IV" of Roots, [2] and Lee was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Part V".

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