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- 1. Chapter 1 -- 1880s Feb 18, 1979
- Alex Haley's saga continues with a controversial interracial marriage.
- 2. Chapter 2 -- Turn of the 20th Century Feb 19, 1979
- Tom's daughter marries a lumberyard laborer who eventually takes over the business.
- 3. Chapter 3 -- World War I Feb 20, 1979
- Will's daughter becomes the first of Kunta Kinte's descendants to go to college.
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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.
Roots: The Next Generations: Created by Ernest Kinoy. With Debbi Morgan, Dorian Harewood, Paul Koslo, Stan Shaw. The dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots.
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- 1979-02-18
- Biography, Drama, History
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Alex Haley (DAMON EVANS) joins the Coast Guard after leaving college. He meets and marries Nan Branch (DEBBIE ALLEN) before being sent to the South Pacific during WW II. In 1865 the United States' Civil War and slavery end, but Alex Haley's family history continues.
- 97 min
IMDb provides the episode list of the 1979 TV mini series Roots: The Next Generations, a sequel to Roots. The series follows the descendants of Kunta Kinte from 1882 to 1967, facing racism, segregation, and civil rights.
Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictionalized story of the family of Alex Haley and their life in Henning, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, USA.
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- TV-14
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Tom Harvey (GEORG STANFORD BROWN) assumes the leadership of the black community in Henning, Tennessee from his aging father, Chicken George (AVON LONG). Tom establishes a school but trouble brews...
Brief Synopsis. The unparalleled success of "Roots" in 1977 prompted this continuation of Alex Haley's saga, beginning with the events where its predecessor ended in 1882 and bringing the story to the present with James Earl Jones playing Haley and Marlon Brando as American Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell, who.
