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Kunta Kinte ( / ˈkuːntɑː ˈkɪnteɪ / KOON-tah KIN-tay; c. 1750 – c. 1822) is a fictional character in the 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by American author Alex Haley. Kunta Kinte was based on one of Haley's ancestors, a Gambian man who was born around 1750, enslaved, and taken to America where he died around 1822.
Apr 1, 2016 · Haley’s riveting and ultimately triumphant speeches to audiences in the late 1960s and early 1970s about his roots, according to Norrell, served as a perfect white, liberal alternative to the ...
Jul 23, 2023 · Based on the novel by Alex Haley, “Roots: The Saga of an American Family,” the series traces the capture of West African Kunta Kinte, a teenager sold into slavery in America, and spans 100 ...
Jun 2, 2016 · Fact, fiction and tangled "Roots": How a family history that wasn't entirely true broke through America's biggest lies From Alex Haley's book to a culture-shaping miniseries, and now an action ...
May 30, 2016 · May 30, 2016 at 8:00 a.m. EDT. In January 1977, ABC aired “ Roots ,” an eight-night miniseries based on Alex Haley’s best-selling 1976 book “ Roots: The Saga of an American Family ...
The classic story of "Roots" is retold in this miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel. The show paints a portrait of American slavery through the journey of a family that has a will to ...
Jan 19, 2012 · Back in '77, there was no HBO, Hulu or iTunes. When it came to your television-watching possibilities, you were pretty much a captive of network TV. (And, perhaps, on a good night, PBS.) But even ...
