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The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.
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Alex Haley
LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
Olivia Cole
Mathilda
Ben Vereen
Chicken George Moore
Cicely Tyson
Binta
Louis Gossett Jr.
Fiddler
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Wrestler
Chuck Connors
Tom Moore
Carolyn Jones
Mrs. Moore
Leslie Uggams
Kizzy Reynolds
O. J. Simpson
Kadi Touray
Maya Angelou
Nyo Boto
Moses Gunn
Kintango
Thalmus Rasulala
Omoro
Hari Rhodes
Brima Cesay
William Watson
Gardner
Ernest Lee Thomas
Kailuba
Lorne Greene
John Reynolds
Ralph Waite
Slater
Lynda Day George
Mrs. Reynolds
Paul Shenar
John Carrington
Tina Andrews
Aurelia
Ren Woods
Fanta
Sandy Duncan
Missy Anne Reynolds
Richard Roundtree
Sam Bennett
Macdonald Carey
Squire James
Scatman Crothers
Mingo
George Hamilton
Stephen Bennett
Ian McShane
Sir Eric Russell
Pat Corley
Referee
Macon McCalman
Poston
Robert Phalen
Rufus Jackson
Wayne Heffley
Telegrapher
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Noah
John Schuck
Ordell
Brion James
Slaver
Richard Farnsworth
Trumbull
Raymond St. Jacques
The Drummer
Tanya Boyd
Genelva
Thayer David
Harlan
Ed Asner
Capt. Thomas Davies
Lee de Broux
Trumbull
Allen Williams
Robert Calvert
Vic Morrow
Ames
Charles Cyphers
Fred Drake
John Amos
Kunta Kinte
Robert Reed
Dr. William Reynolds
Madge Sinclair
Bell Reynolds
Lloyd Bridges
Evan Brent
Georg Stanford Brown
Tom Harvey
Brad Davis
'Old' George Johnson
Hilly Hicks
Lewis Harvey
Lynne Moody
Irene Harvey
Lillian Randolph
Sister Sara
Richard McKenzie
Sam Harvey
Sally Kemp
Lila Harvey
Austin Stoker
Virgil Harvey
Lane Binkley
Martha Johnson
Todd Bridges
Bud Harvey
Beverly Todd
Maggie (Fanta)
Doug McClure
Jimmy Brent
Burl Ives
Senator Arthur J. Justin
Gary Collins
Grill
Roxie Roker
Malizy
Helen Martin
Aunt Sukey
Ann Weldon
Mary
Wally Taylor
Reverend
Big Joe Turner
The Singer
John Quade
Sheriff Charlie Biggs
Davis Roberts
Leonard
Tracey Gold
Missy Anne Reynolds
Hank Rolike
John
John Dennis Johnston
Man at Cockfight
Joe Dorsey
Calvert
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