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Alex Haley's Queen (also known as Queen) is a 1993 American television miniseries that aired in three installments on February 14, 16, and 18 on CBS. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The miniseries is an adaptation of the 1993 novel Queen: The Story of an American Family , by Alex Haley and David Stevens .
Queen: The Story of an American Family is a 1993 partly factual historical novel by Alex Haley and David Stevens.. It brought back to the consciousness of many white Americans the plight of the children of the plantation: the offspring of black slave women and their white masters, who were legally the property of their fathers.
A related film, Alex Haley's Queen, is based on the life of Queen Jackson Haley, who was Alex Haley's paternal grandmother. In 2016, a remake of the original miniseries, with the same name, was commissioned by the History channel and screened by the channel on Memorial Day.
Recurring Cast: Season 13 1993 NAACP Image Awards: Herself / Co-Host Main Co-Host Alex Haley's Queen: Queen Jackson Haley Episode: "Part 1-3" 1994 A Century of Women: Herself Episode: "Part 1-2" 1995 Solomon & Sheba: Nikhaule / Queen Sheba: Television film 1996 Martin: Herself Episode: "Where the Party At" 1996–1997 Essence Awards: Herself ...
Alex Haley's Queen: Mrs. Benson 2 episodes 1997 Crisis Center: Marilyn Episode: "The Center" 1998 Cosby: Elizabeth Episode: "Judgement Day" 1999 Law & Order: Rosa Halasy Episode: "Disciple" Stark Raving Mad: Beverly Rose Episode: "The Pigeon" 2001–05 Six Feet Under: Ruth Fisher: 63 episodes 2002 Lloyd in Space: Mrs. Throbbing Energy Source
TV movie 1991 L.A. Law: ADA Kari Simms Episode: There Goes the Judge 1993 Tribeca: Detective Simmons Episode: The Loft 1993 Alex Haley's Queen: Alice TV mini-series 1997 To Dance with Olivia: Olivia "Libby" Stewart TV movie Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special: 1997–1999
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.
Roots: The Next Generations is an American television miniseries based on the last seven chapters of Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family.First aired on ABC in February 1979, it is a sequel to the 1977 Roots miniseries, tracing the lives of Kunta Kinte's descendants in Henning, Tennessee, from 1882 to 1967.