ROOTS (1977)
Over the course of eight consecutive nights, America sat enraptured by the story of Kunta Kinte (played by LeVar Burton, then John Amos), a young West African warrior kidnapped from his tribe and sold into slavery, and his enduring struggle for freedom. For many black Americans, it was a revelation, a peek into a past they all shared but either never fully realized or never truly acknowledged. For white America, it pulled back the curtain on one of the longest, darkest periods in human history, one that many had conveniently chosen to forget. After Roots, we were one step closer to bringing those two Americas together.
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