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2. Roots (1977 miniseries) - Wikipedia

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   In the Gambia, West Africa, in 1750, Kunta Kinte is born to Omoro Kinte, a Mandinka warrior, and his wife Binta.He is raised in a Muslim family. [5] [6] When Kunta reaches the age of 15, he and other boys undergo a semi-secretive tribal rite of passage, under the Kintango, which includes wrestling, circumcision, philosophy, war-craft, and hunting skills.

3. Kunta Kinte - Wikipedia

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   According to the book Roots, Kunta Kinte was born circa 1750 in the Mandinka village of Jufureh, in the Gambia.He was raised in a Muslim family. [4] [5] In 1767, while Kunta was searching for wood to make a drum for himself, four men chased him, surrounded him, and took him captive.

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

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   The cast of the miniseries included LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte, Leslie Uggams as Kizzy, and Ben Vereen as Chicken George. A fourteen-hour sequel, Roots: The Next Generations, aired in 1979, featuring the leading black actors of the day. In December 1988, ABC aired a two-hour made-for-TV movie: Roots: The Gift.

5. Appreciation: John Amos was a pioneering, calming presence ...

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   Actor John Amos, left, who portrayed the adult Kunta Kinte in the television miniseries "Roots," with then-Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening in 1999, during a dedication ceremony for a memorial to ...

6. 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.

7. John Amos, 'Good Times' and 'Roots' trailblazer and 'Coming ...

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   Amos, who starred as the older Kunta Kinte in the acclaimed 1977 miniseries and James Evans Sr. on Norman Lear's classic 1970s CBS sitcom "Good Times" died on Aug. 21 in Los Angeles of natural ...

8. John Amos, star of 1970s TV's ‘Good Times’ and ‘Roots,’ dies ...

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   Amos played the dad, James Evans, for 61 episodes of the sitcom "Good Times" in the mid-1970s and also the older Kunta Kinte in the TV miniseries "Roots," based on the 1976 novel about slavery by ...

9. Roots: The Gift - Wikipedia

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   Roots: The Gift is a 1988 American historical drama television film directed by Kevin Hooks and written by D.M. Eyre Jr. It is the third installment of the Roots miniseries.The film premiered on ABC on December 11, 1988, with AT&T as the sole national sponsor for the broadcast, and was crafted as a Christmas film. [1]