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A 35th Anniversary Tribute to the Landmark ‘Roots’ Miniseries
This history-making television event breathed credibility into the idea that I could, indeed, do and be anything I wanted to.
While the miniseries’ place in the firmament of American television history is firmly established, the…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
January 16, 2012
Tags: Ben Vereen, black history, Black History Month, blacks on television, Cicely Tyson, filmmaking, John Amos, Leslie Uggams, LeVar Burton, Lou Gossett, Martin Luther King Day, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey Network, OWN, Roots
