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LC Class. E185.97.H24 A33. Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century Mandinka, captured as an adolescent, sold into slavery in Africa, and transported to North America. It explores his life and those of his descendants in the United States, down to Haley.
Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley 's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, set during and after the era of slavery in the United States. The series first aired on ABC in January 1977 over eight consecutive nights. A critical and ratings success over the course of its run, Roots received 37 Primetime ...
Release. May 30 (2016-05-30) – June 2, 2016 (2016-06-02) Roots is a 2016 American miniseries and a remake of the 1977 miniseries with the same name, based on Alex Haley 's 1976 novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family, which follows an African man who is shipped to North America as a slave and his descendants.
Kevin Costner made headlines last year for taking out a mortgage on his seaside Santa Barbara estate to fund the filming of Horizon, the four-part epic Western he’s been developing for over 30 ...
Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 – April 9, 2021), known professionally as DMX, was an American rapper and actor. Regarded as an influential figure in the late 1990s and early 2000s hip hop, [5] his music is characterized by his "aggressive" rapping style, [6] also known as gangster rap -or gangsta for short- with lyrical content varying from ...
Three days after a 4-year-old boy’s body was pulled from a southwest Louisiana lake, and two days after the child's 1-year-old brother was rescued while crawling beside an interstate highway ...
The “Espresso” singer leaned into the menswear theme in a tailored white blazer, which doubled as a minidress. Underneath the jacket, she wore a coordinating white button-down and a black tie ...
Seed is used only occasionally in tradition medicine. Modern usage is primarily as a diuretic. [20] Arctium lappa. Burdock. Used traditionally as a diuretic and to lower blood sugar [21] and, in traditional Chinese medicine as a treatment for sore throat and symptoms of the common cold.