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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.
Jun 2, 2016 · Roots was the most-watched miniseries in the US when it aired in 1977. Can the remake match it? Jennifer Keishin Armstrong takes a look.
Roots: With Robert Reed, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr., Lynda Day George. A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte , an 18th-century Mandinka , captured as an adolescent , sold into slavery in Africa , and transported to North America.
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May 27, 2016 · When the original Roots aired in 1977, nearly 85 percent of American homes watched some part of the eight-night event on the saga of Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) and his descendants. The finale alone...
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Sep 20, 2019 · An estimated 140 million people, accounting for over half of the population of the United States, saw the series, and its finale remains the second-most-watched series finale in American...
May 19, 2016 · Stayed forever, really. “Roots” still ranks as one of the most viewed television series in history, but numbers are a feeble measure.
