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Chapter 3 – World War I By September 1914, after 17 more years, telephones, electricity and automobiles have arrived in Henning, both the town and Will Palmer's lumber company have grown, both Tom and Irene Harvey have died, as has Mrs. Warner, and Andrew Warner, the colonel's older son, now serves as a member of the US House of Representatives .
- February 18 –, February 24, 1979
- ABC
S1 E3 | Chapter 3 -- World War I. 1h 38m | TV14 | Historical drama, Miniseries. Watch Roots: The Next Generations online. Will's daughter Bertha becomes the first of Kunta Kinte's descendants to go to college, where she meets the young and ambitious Simon Haley. Watch now.
Summary Continuing the story of Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors, this award-winning sequel to Roots picks up the story at the conclusion of the Civil War, and covers the significant historic events that impacted Haley and his family, from Reconstruction and Jim Crow, through World War I, the Great Depression, and World War I...
Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 20, 1979 Chapter 3 -- World War I Will's daughter Bertha becomes the first of Kunta Kinte's descendants to go to college, where she meets the young and...
Roots: The Next Generations • Episode 4. Institutionalized military bias shackles America’s World War I black troops. Simon fights in France with the 92nd Infantry, Colored. He returns to marry Bertha; their first child is Alexander Murray Palmer Haley. Roots: The Next Generations • Episode 5. 1932.
His daughter Bertha (Irene Cara) goes to college where she falls in love with Simon Haley (Dorian Harewood), a poor sharecropper's son. Bertha picks up Simon's diploma as he leaves school a week early to join the Army and World War I. Drama Feb 20, 1979 1 hr 38 min. TV-14.
Introduction Roots: The Next Generations; Plot Chapter 1 – 1880s Chapter 2 – Turn of the 20th Century Chapter 3 – World War I Chapter 4 – The Great Depression Chapter 5 – World War II Chapter 6 – Postwar Chapter 7 – The 1960s Epilogue; Cast; Production; Broadcast history Episode lists Ratings and viewers; Awards TV One; Home media ...
