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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1262195746">.mw-parser-output .ib-tv{border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0 3px;padding:3px 5px}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv .infobox-above{background-color:#CCCCFF;color:inherit;font-size:125%;padding:0.25em 1em}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv .infobox-header{background-color:#CCCCFF;color:inherit;padding:0.25em 1em}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv-aka{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv-network-release td,.mw-parser-output .ib-tv-network-release th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1}</style><table class="infobox ib-tv vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary"><i>Roots: The Next Generations</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RootsNextGen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0c/RootsNextGen.jpg/250px-RootsNextGen.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/RootsNextGen.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Haley" title="Alex Haley">Alex Haley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Roots:_The_Saga_of_an_American_Family" title="Roots: The Saga of an American Family">Roots: The Saga of an American Family</a></i><br />by Alex Haley</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Kinoy" title="Ernest Kinoy">Ernest Kinoy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/John_Erman" title="John Erman">John Erman</a> (eps. 1, 3, 4, 7) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Dubin" title="Charles S. Dubin">Charles S. Dubin</a> (ep. 2) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Georg_Stanford_Brown" title="Georg Stanford Brown">Georg Stanford Brown</a> (ep. 5) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Richards" title="Lloyd Richards">Lloyd Richards</a> (ep. 6)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Dorian_Harewood" title="Dorian Harewood">Dorian Harewood</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Irene_Cara" title="Irene Cara">Irene Cara</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Stan_Shaw" title="Stan Shaw">Stan Shaw</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Georg_Stanford_Brown" title="Georg Stanford Brown">Georg Stanford Brown</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Debbi_Morgan" title="Debbi Morgan">Debbi Morgan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Theme music composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Fried" title="Gerald Fried">Gerald Fried</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English/<a href="/wiki/Mandinka_language" title="Mandinka language">Mandinka</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">7</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_L._Wolper" title="David L. Wolper">David L. Wolper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producer</th><td class="infobox-data">Stan Margulies</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">840 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production companies</th><td class="infobox-data">David L. Wolper Productions<br /><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Television">Warner Bros. Television</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>16.6 million</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">February 18<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1979-02-18</span>)</span> –<br />February 24, 1979<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1979-02-24</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Roots: The Next Generations</b></i> is an American television <a href="/wiki/Television_miniseries" class="mw-redirect" title="Television miniseries">miniseries</a> based on the last seven chapters of <a href="/wiki/Alex_Haley" title="Alex Haley">Alex Haley</a>'s 1976 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Roots:_The_Saga_of_an_American_Family" title="Roots: The Saga of an American Family">Roots: The Saga of an American Family</a></i>. First aired on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> in February 1979, it is a sequel to the <a href="/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)" title="Roots (1977 miniseries)">1977 <i>Roots</i> miniseries</a>, tracing the lives of <a href="/wiki/Kunta_Kinte" title="Kunta Kinte">Kunta Kinte</a>'s descendants in <a href="/wiki/Henning,_Tennessee" title="Henning, Tennessee">Henning, Tennessee</a>, from 1882 to 1967. </p><p><i>Roots: The Next Generations</i> was produced with a budget of $16.6 million, nearly three times larger than that of the original.<sup id="cite_ref-time_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The screenplay was written by <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Kinoy" title="Ernest Kinoy">Ernest Kinoy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Generations_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Generations-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the first part of the story, see <i><a href="/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)" title="Roots (1977 miniseries)">Roots</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chapter_1_–_1880s"><span id="Chapter_1_.E2.80.93_1880s"></span>Chapter 1 – 1880s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Chapter 1 – 1880s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The story resumes in 1882, twelve years after the arrival of "Chicken George" Moore and his family in Henning in <a href="/wiki/West_Tennessee" title="West Tennessee">West Tennessee</a>. George, elderly and showing his age, moves in with Tom Harvey, one of his sons, along with Tom’s wife, Irene, and their two daughters, Elizabeth and Cynthia. Tom, a <a href="/wiki/Family" title="Family">great-grandson</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kunta_Kinte" title="Kunta Kinte">Kunta Kinte</a>, has become a leader of the <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">Black</a> community in Henning. Although he has established a working relationship with the town's white leader, Col. Frederick Warner, a former <a href="/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)">officer</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Army</a>, race relations are strained, due in part to the new <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws" title="Jim Crow laws">Jim Crow laws</a> and similar influences. </p><p>Col. Warner's younger son, Jim, meets Carrie Barden, a young <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> <a href="/wiki/Teacher" title="Teacher">schoolteacher</a> and a graduate of <a href="/wiki/Fisk_University" title="Fisk University">Fisk University</a>, a Black school in <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a> (the capital of the state in <a href="/wiki/Middle_Tennessee" title="Middle Tennessee">Middle Tennessee</a>). Tom has taken the lead in hiring Carrie for the local school for the Black children. Col. Warner disapproves of the relationship between Jim and Carrie, so he seeks to persuade Tom to fire Carrie or to close the school. </p><p>After an argument between Tom and his older daughter, Elizabeth, about his refusal to accept her <a href="/wiki/Courtship" title="Courtship">suitor</a>, John Dolan, because he is half white (although Irene reminds Tom that his father Chicken George is also half white, and Tom himself is a quarter white), Tom decides to allow Carrie to continue teaching. Jim and Carrie <a href="/wiki/Wedding" title="Wedding">marry</a> in <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a>. Col. Warner <a href="/wiki/Inheritance" title="Inheritance">disinherits</a> Jim, but he says that he will ensure that no harm comes to the couple from the hoodlum white element of the town. Jim, with his new <a href="/wiki/Bride" title="Bride">bride</a>, receives a warm welcome to the local Black church. </p><p>A year later in 1883, Chicken George dies at age 83 (note in <i><a href="/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)" title="Roots (1977 miniseries)">Roots</a></i>, George is said to have been born in 1806, which would make him 77), and the family bury his body beside that of his wife, Mathilda "Tildy", who died in 1875 at age 76. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chapter_2_–_Turn_of_the_20th_Century"><span id="Chapter_2_.E2.80.93_Turn_of_the_20th_Century"></span>Chapter 2 – Turn of the 20th Century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chapter 2 – Turn of the 20th Century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thirteen years later, in August 1896, Elizabeth, Tom's older daughter, arrives from <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>, for an extended visit, amid tension between Tom and Elizabeth, due to Tom's rejection of her suitor years before. Cynthia "Cinthy", Tom's younger daughter, meets Will Palmer, a hard-working young man. After a properly supervised <a href="/wiki/Courtship" title="Courtship">courtship</a>, the couple marry in their church. </p><p>Andrew Warner, an <a href="/wiki/Unemployment" title="Unemployment">unemployed</a> <a href="/wiki/Playboy_(lifestyle)" class="mw-redirect" title="Playboy (lifestyle)">playboy</a> and the older son of Col. Warner, becomes interested in politics, and he eventually opposes his father in the public arena. </p><p>While Will works for Bob Campbell at his <a href="/wiki/Lumber_yard" title="Lumber yard">lumberyard</a>, he does so in such an enthusiastic, industrious and effective way that he attracts the attention of both Col. Warner and T.J. Calloway, the local banker. Because of Campbell's increasing problems with alcohol and his decreasing attention to his business, and after Campbell's <a href="/wiki/Default_(finance)" title="Default (finance)">default</a> on his loan from the bank, Calloway <a href="/wiki/Foreclosure" title="Foreclosure">forecloses</a>, takes over the lumberyard, sells it to Will and <a href="/wiki/Loan" title="Loan">finances</a> his purchase. Thus, the R. Campbell Lumber Company becomes the W.E. Palmer Lumber Company. </p><p>By this time, Jim and Carrie already have a son, named Frank "Frankie", and they live peacefully and happily in the Black community of Henning. However, in the atmosphere of the growing anti-Black attitudes in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">South</a> during the 1890s, <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racial tension</a> increases in Henning too, as several incidents demonstrate. Tom is turned away when he again applies to register to <a href="/wiki/Voting" title="Voting">vote</a>, and he forcefully insists that every time since the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>, he has voted without interference, in both <a href="/wiki/Alamance_County,_North_Carolina" title="Alamance County, North Carolina">Alamance County, North Carolina</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/Lauderdale_County,_Tennessee" title="Lauderdale County, Tennessee">Lauderdale County, Tennessee</a>. </p><p>Will and Cinthy rejoice over the birth of their daughter, Bertha George, named in part in honor of Chicken George, one of her <a href="/wiki/Grandparent#great-grandparents" title="Grandparent">great-grandfathers</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chapter_3_–_World_War_I"><span id="Chapter_3_.E2.80.93_World_War_I"></span>Chapter 3 – World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Chapter 3 – World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">US House of Representatives</a>. </p><p>Dr. Frank Warner, the son of Jim and Carrie Warner, has completed <a href="/wiki/Undergraduate_education" title="Undergraduate education">undergraduate college</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medical_school_in_the_United_States" title="Medical school in the United States">medical school</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Internship_(medicine)" title="Internship (medicine)">internship</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Residency_(medicine)" title="Residency (medicine)">residency</a>, and he's about to start his <a href="/wiki/Medical_practice" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical practice">medical practice</a>. Cinthy calls him "the first colored doctor in the county". </p><p>Will and Cynthia send their daughter Bertha to <a href="/wiki/Lane_College" title="Lane College">Lane College</a>, a Black school in <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee" title="Jackson, Tennessee">Jackson, Tennessee</a>. </p><p>Col. Warner, frail and confused, collapses on a street while Jim, Carrie and Frank are present nearby. They rush to him and Frank starts to treat him. However, Earl Crowther, the Warner <a href="/wiki/Chauffeur" title="Chauffeur">chauffeur</a>, and a gang of <a href="/wiki/Redneck" title="Redneck">rednecks</a> take charge, ignore both Jim and Frank and nudge them aside, and insult Frank, who predicts that the colonel will die before they get him to the white physician. He does indeed die. </p><p>At the college, Bertha meets and soon falls in love with <a href="/wiki/Simon_Haley" title="Simon Haley">Simon Alexander Haley</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Waiting_staff" title="Waiting staff">waiter</a> in the dining room and a son of a <a href="/wiki/Sharecropping" title="Sharecropping">sharecropper</a>, who lives and works near <a href="/wiki/Savannah,_Tennessee" title="Savannah, Tennessee">Savannah</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Tennessee" title="Hardin County, Tennessee">Hardin County, Tennessee</a>, about 116 miles due east of Memphis. Simon, who greatly admires <a href="/wiki/Booker_T._Washington" title="Booker T. Washington">Booker T. Washington</a>, quotes to Bertha from his writings, including these words: "The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremest folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all the privileges to come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than artificial forcing." Referring to Washington, Simon says, "I have formed my life in his image." </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" title="Ku Klux Klan">Ku Klux Klan</a> resurges in Henning. They burn a <a href="/wiki/Christian_cross" title="Christian cross">cross</a>, hold a <a href="/wiki/Parade" title="Parade">parade</a> and burn down the clothing <a href="/wiki/Retail" title="Retail">store</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a> merchant, Mr. Goldstein, who has moved to Henning from <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, Illinois</a>, and who returns there. </p><p>Simon leaves Lane College, and he has made plans to continue his education at the Agricultural and Technical (A&T) College of North Carolina (which later becomes renamed as the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Agricultural_and_Technical_State_University" class="mw-redirect" title="North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University">North Carolina Agricultural and Technical (A&T) State University</a>), in <a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro, North Carolina</a>. He has applied to enroll in the school and has arranged to work on the campus to pay for his <a href="/wiki/Room_and_board" title="Room and board">room and board</a>. </p><p>His father, Alec Haley, has promised to give him $50 to pay for his <a href="/wiki/Tuition_payments" title="Tuition payments">tuition</a>, but now he tells him that he cannot keep his promise because of the recent poor crops due to floods and <a href="/wiki/Boll_weevil" title="Boll weevil">boll weevils</a>. To avoid becoming an <a href="/wiki/Debt" title="Debt">indebted</a> sharecropper himself, Simon works the summer as a railway <a href="/wiki/Porter_(railroad)" class="mw-redirect" title="Porter (railroad)">porter</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Pullman_Company" title="Pullman Company">Pullman Company</a>. He works with an older porter, Dad Jones, who becomes his fatherly friend and—in one instance with another porter—his protector. </p><p>During one trip, Simon meets and talks with a kindly and wealthy <a href="/wiki/Passenger" title="Passenger">passenger</a>, R.S.M. Boyce, an <a href="/wiki/Executive_officer#corporate_law_and_other_legal_associations" title="Executive officer">executive</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Publishing_Company" title="Curtis Publishing Company">Curtis Publishing Company</a>, the publisher of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Saturday_Evening_Post" title="The Saturday Evening Post">The Saturday Evening Post</a></i> and several other well-known magazines. They discuss Simon's plans and difficulties. When Boyce steps off the train, he hands to Simon a generous <a href="/wiki/Tip_(gratuity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tip (gratuity)">tip</a> and one of his <a href="/wiki/Business_card" title="Business card">business cards</a>, inviting him to inform him of his progress. When Simon leaves his position to return to school, he learns that Dad was fired for discussing unionization of the porters with a <a href="/wiki/Labor_spy" class="mw-redirect" title="Labor spy">labor spy</a>. When Simon arrives at the college, he learns that Boyce has already paid for the coming year in full for his <a href="/wiki/Textbook" title="Textbook">textbooks</a>, tuition, and room and board. </p><p>Simon and Bertha continue to keep in touch with each other, and Bertha and her parents, Will and Cynthia, travel to Simon's graduation, where he will receive his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a> in agriculture. When the family arrives at the campus, Bertha receives a message that Simon and six of his classmates have just left and <a href="/wiki/Military_service" title="Military service">enlisted</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">US Army</a> for service in the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War</a>. The young couple see each other briefly when Simon and his all-Black <a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">platoon</a> of <a href="/wiki/Army_recruit" class="mw-redirect" title="Army recruit">recruits</a> board a train to go to the next stage in his life. </p><p>During May 1918, Simon receives his <a href="/wiki/Recruit_training" class="mw-redirect" title="Recruit training">basic training</a> in an all-Black <a href="/wiki/Company_(military_unit)#Army" title="Company (military unit)">company</a> at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Grant_(Illinois)" title="Camp Grant (Illinois)">Camp Grant</a>, Illinois, near <a href="/wiki/Rockford,_Illinois" title="Rockford, Illinois">Rockford</a>, about 85 miles west-northwest of Chicago, then he, in an all-Black outfit, goes to France and takes part in the fighting against the <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(German_Empire)" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army (German Empire)">German Army</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelm II, German Emperor">Kaiser Wilhelm II</a>. </p><p>Before Simon goes overseas, Bertha meets Simon in Chicago for a weekend (after Elizabeth pleads Bertha's case with Will, who first has vigorously opposed such a trip but eventually allows it). While Simon is in the Army in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, Cousin Georgia Anderson, from Kansas City, visits Will and Cinthy, and she reveals that Chicken George fought with the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Pillow" title="Battle of Fort Pillow">Battle of Fort Pillow</a>, due west of Henning, on the <a href="/wiki/Chickasaw_Bluff" title="Chickasaw Bluff">Chickasaw Bluff</a>, overlooking the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>. (That point implies that he survived the infamous <a href="/wiki/Fort_Pillow_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Pillow Massacre">Massacre of Fort Pillow</a>.) </p><p>In July 1918, Simon receives word in France that his father has died in a hospital in Memphis; in due time, after the end of the war, Simon returns to the United States. </p><p>Andy Warner raises his political sights even higher, and he becomes elected to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">US Senate</a>. </p><p>After the Army discharges Simon, on his way back home to Henning, he and his army associates stop at the home of one of them in <a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville</a>, in <a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee" title="East Tennessee">East Tennessee</a>. While they are there, the <a href="/wiki/Knoxville_Riot_of_1919" class="mw-redirect" title="Knoxville Riot of 1919">Knoxville Riot of 1919</a> (a part of the <a href="/wiki/Red_Summer_of_1919" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Summer of 1919">Red Summer of 1919</a>) takes place. Earl Crowther, now an <a href="/wiki/Personal_assistant" title="Personal assistant">aide</a> to Sen. Andrew Warner, goes to Knoxville to take part in the mischief, and he dies there (at the hands of one of Simon's Army associates). </p><p>Simon arrives in Henning and receives a robust welcome, especially from Bertha, and the young couple move ahead with the plans for their wedding. Will builds an attractive <a href="/wiki/Bungalow" title="Bungalow">bungalow</a> for Bertha and Simon, assuming that they will settle in Henning, but without asking about their own plans. </p><p>On the first Sunday after the completion of the house, the wedding takes place in their church, then everyone adjourns to the front lawn of the new home for the reception, and a number of white neighbors join them. Among them are Sen. Andy Warner and his fancy new wife, from <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, DC</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, who arrive in a <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Limited" title="Rolls-Royce Limited">Rolls-Royce</a> open <a href="/wiki/Touring_car" title="Touring car">touring car</a> with a chauffeur. </p><p>Afterward, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Haley <a href="/wiki/Driving" title="Driving">motor</a> away in a <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> <a href="/wiki/Ford_Model_T" title="Ford Model T">Model T</a> to <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Ithaca,_New_York" title="Ithaca, New York">Ithaca, New York</a>, where Simon will start working on his master's degree in agriculture. </p><p>Later, Will and Cinthy move into the bungalow. (The house still stands; it is now known as the <a href="/wiki/Alex_Haley_House_and_Museum" title="Alex Haley House and Museum">Alex Haley House and Museum</a> and, as a state-owned historic site, is open to the public.) </p><p>In November 1921, Simon and Bertha return to Henning to visit Will and Cinthy, and they surprise them with their three-month-old son, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Haley" title="Alex Haley">Alexander Murray Palmer Haley</a>, who Will promptly carries outside, lifts up and <a href="/wiki/Ceremony" title="Ceremony">ceremonially</a> shows the <a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Moon</a>, in a tradition that was first portrayed in the first <i><a href="/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)" title="Roots (1977 miniseries)">Roots</a></i> series by Omoro Kinte and baby Kunta Kinte in <a href="/wiki/The_Gambia" title="The Gambia">The Gambia</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa">West Africa</a> in 1750 (although, in the first <i>Roots</i>, the tradition was a naming ritual, in which the father held the naked child to the stars, gave the child a name and said, "Behold the only thing greater than yourself."). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chapter_4_–_The_Great_Depression"><span id="Chapter_4_.E2.80.93_The_Great_Depression"></span>Chapter 4 – The Great Depression</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Chapter 4 – The Great Depression"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After eleven more years, late in the summer of 1932, during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression_in_the_United_States" title="Great Depression in the United States">Great Depression</a>, Simon, Bertha and their children stay temporarily in the bungalow with Will and Cynthia. At age 10, Alex has two younger brothers: <a href="/wiki/George_W._Haley" title="George W. Haley">George</a>, named for Chicken George, and Julius. While working at Will's lumberyard, Simon unsuccessfully tries to show Will better methods for <a href="/wiki/Bookkeeping" title="Bookkeeping">bookkeeping</a> and <a href="/wiki/Inventory_control" title="Inventory control">inventory control</a>, but Will disregards and uses him as a manual <a href="/wiki/Laborer" title="Laborer">laborer</a>. </p><p>Shortly, however, Simon receives a special-delivery letter offering him a job as a <a href="/wiki/Professors_in_the_United_States" title="Professors in the United States">professor</a> of agriculture at the State Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M) Institute for Negroes, in <a href="/wiki/Normal,_Alabama" title="Normal, Alabama">Normal, Alabama</a>. (The school later becomes renamed as the <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Agricultural_and_Mechanical_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University">Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M) University</a>; the campus and the former town of Normal, named for the normal school established there, now lie within the city limits of <a href="/wiki/Huntsville,_Alabama" title="Huntsville, Alabama">Huntsville</a>.) Simon promptly and joyfully accepts his appointment, and he and his family move to Normal in their <a href="/wiki/Chevrolet" title="Chevrolet">Chevrolet</a> four-door sedan. </p><p>Not only does Professor Haley teach his students in the classrooms and <a href="/wiki/Laboratory" title="Laboratory">laboratories</a>, but he also approaches the local farmers and, with little success, tells them about techniques that would enable them to replenish the soil and to produce better crops, using simple techniques, such as <a href="/wiki/Crop_rotation" title="Crop rotation">crop rotation</a>. He meets Lyle Pettijohn, the <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> agricultural agent and a son of a sharecropper in <a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Tennessee" title="Greene County, Tennessee">Greene County, Tennessee</a>, so the two of them easily find mutual interests and objectives. However, both Simon and Lyle meet resistance and incite violent reprisals by the white landowners. </p><p>Soon afterward, Will dies in Henning. While Bertha is out of town with the two younger sons for the funeral, Simon and Alex spend some special time together, during which Simon says to him, "There's one thing poor people have in common no matter who they are, they have no education. Education is the key; it's the way up, the way out. That's why you must do well in school Alex, not only for yourself but to help others as well." When Simon and his family return to Normal, they find that his antagonists have broken in, damaged their home and destroyed much of their property. </p><p>In May 1933, Bertha starts to show subtle signs of a threatening illness, and those symptoms continue during a summer <a href="/wiki/Vacation" title="Vacation">vacation</a> in Henning with the aging Cynthia. One afternoon, Simon returns to his home and learns that Bertha has experienced a relapse in her illness, and that her condition has become serious. Minutes later, because of internal bleeding due to an undisclosed problem, Bertha dies in Simon's arms while Alex watches. </p><p>Simon drives his three sons to Henning, where the boys move into the bungalow with Cynthia and Elizabeth. On the front porch of the bungalow, Alex listens to Cynthia, Elizabeth and sometimes Cousin Georgia while they retell the stories about Kunta Kinte, Kizzy, Chicken George, Tom and the others. </p><p>Shortly afterward, Grandma Cinthy shows Alex a large cross-section disc cut from the <a href="/wiki/Trunk_(botany)" title="Trunk (botany)">trunk</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Sequoioideae" title="Sequoioideae">redwood tree</a> in <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, and she explains it to him. Will has marked the annual rings of the trunk in such a way as to indicate the years when various relatives had been born, and when several major world events had occurred. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chapter_5_–_World_War_II"><span id="Chapter_5_.E2.80.93_World_War_II"></span>Chapter 5 – World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Chapter 5 – World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Seven years later, on May 1, 1939, at age 17, Alex arrives in <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_City,_North_Carolina" title="Elizabeth City, North Carolina">Elizabeth City, North Carolina</a>, where Simon now lives with Zeona, his second wife, and where he now teaches agriculture at the Elizabeth City State Teachers College (a Black school, later renamed as the <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_City_State_University" title="Elizabeth City State University">Elizabeth City State University</a>). Alex promptly sees that Zeona is pregnant. His academic work has become so lackluster and mediocre that he has dropped out of the Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M) College (another Black school, later renamed as the <a href="/wiki/Alcorn_State_University" title="Alcorn State University">Alcorn State University</a>) near <a href="/wiki/Lorman,_Mississippi" title="Lorman, Mississippi">Lorman, Mississippi</a>. Simon strongly encourages Alex to enlist in one of the branches of the armed forces, in the expectation that two or three years of military life will help raise Alex's maturity level. </p><p>In August 1939, Alex enlists in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">US Coast Guard</a> in <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Virginia" title="Portsmouth, Virginia">Portsmouth, Virginia</a>, and he reports directly aboard a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter" title="United States Coast Guard Cutter">cutter</a>, <a href="/wiki/USCGC_Mendota_(WHEC-69)" title="USCGC Mendota (WHEC-69)">USCGC <i>Mendota</i> (WHEC-69)</a>, without receiving the benefit of any <a href="/wiki/Recruit_training" class="mw-redirect" title="Recruit training">boot camp</a> or other basic training. However, Percival "Scotty" Scott, a gruff but kindly Steward's Mate First-Class, the leading <a href="/wiki/Petty_officer#United_States" title="Petty officer">Petty Officer</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Wardroom" title="Wardroom">wardroom</a> area among the <a href="/wiki/Steward%27s_assistant" title="Steward's assistant">Mess Attendants</a> and Steward's Mates, takes Alex in tow. Alex begins as a Mess Attendant, starting on the career path toward his becoming a Steward's Mate, one of the few ratings available to Black <a href="/wiki/Enlisted_rank" title="Enlisted rank">enlisted men</a> in either the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a> or the Coast Guard during the era of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. (The real USCGC <i>Mendota</i> (WHEC-69) served 1945-1973.) </p><p>While attending a church-sponsored dance for servicemen and local ladies, Alex meets Nan Branch, a naïve, single young woman, and they continue to meet at the church dances. On the eighth such meeting, Alex proposes marriage to Nan, and she accepts. They soon marry, then they visit Simon, Zeona and their new baby, in Elizabeth City. Simon expresses disapproval because Alex has departed from his plan for him, and Zeona urges Simon to stop interfering. </p><p>Meanwhile, on December 7, 1941, the <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a> <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">attacks the USA</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Hawaii" title="Territory of Hawaii">Territory of Hawaii</a>, thus drawing the United States into the war. By this time, Scotty has advanced to the rate of <a href="/wiki/Chief_Petty_Officer_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Petty Officer (United States)">Chief Petty Officer</a> (Chief Steward's Mate). </p><p>By July 1942, Alex and Chief Scott are somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean aboard <a href="/wiki/USS_Murzim_(AK-95)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Murzim (AK-95)">USS <i>Murzim</i> (AK-95)</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Ammunition_ship" title="Ammunition ship">ammunition ship</a>, one of several Naval vessels crewed by the Coast Guard during World War II. Scotty asks Alex why he receives so many letters, and he answers that, in effect, if he wishes to receive letters, then he must write letters – to relatives back home. Then, at Scotty's request, Alex writes a <a href="/wiki/Love_letter" title="Love letter">love letter</a> for Scotty to a girlfriend in <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland, New Zealand</a>, where the ship will make a port visit about two months later. The letter works so well that Scotty sets up Alex to write love letters for other shipmates for one dollar apiece. Thus, Alex enters the writing business. (The real USS <i>Murzim</i> (AK-95) served 1943-1946.) </p><p>While at sea, Alex receives the news that Nan has given birth to a girl, and that she has given her mother's name, Lydia, to their baby. Alex expresses his pleasure about his new fatherhood, yet he says that he had wanted to give the girl the name of Cynthia, his maternal grandmother. </p><p>World War II ends, and both Simon and Alex start thinking about their respective plans for Alex. Simon makes a train journey to California, where he meets Alex at the Coast Guard Station on <a href="/wiki/Yerba_Buena_Island" title="Yerba Buena Island">Yerba Buena Island</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay" title="San Francisco Bay">San Francisco Bay</a>. Alex has advanced to the rate of Petty Officer First-Class (Steward's Mate First-Class). Simon and Alex articulate a sharp disagreement about the differences between their plans for Alex; Simon wants him to return to <a href="/wiki/Academia" class="mw-redirect" title="Academia">academia</a>, but Alex intends to stay in the Coast Guard at least until he decides or discovers what else he should do. Simon expresses a <a href="/wiki/Goal" title="Goal">dream</a> that Alex might even become a president of a university. </p><p>Alex returns to the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">East Coast</a> and to Nan and Lydia, and Nan again becomes pregnant. Alex requests and gets an assignment in New York City so that he can live and work closer to the editors there because of his intense interest in writing and his goal to become a published author. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chapter_6_–_Postwar"><span id="Chapter_6_.E2.80.93_Postwar"></span>Chapter 6 – Postwar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Chapter 6 – Postwar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 1946, Alex and his family head northward to his next <a href="/wiki/Military_base" title="Military base">duty station</a>, and they encounter not only <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="Racial segregation in the United States">racial discrimination</a> but also <a href="/wiki/Frustration" title="Frustration">frustration</a> and <a href="/wiki/Disappointment" title="Disappointment">disappointment</a> while seeking a room in a <a href="/wiki/Motel" title="Motel">motel</a> or "auto court". Alex starts working, writing <a href="/wiki/Press_release" title="Press release">press releases</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Public_relations" title="Public relations">public-relations</a> office of the Coast Guard in <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>. While off-duty, he starts writing proposed <a href="/wiki/Article_(publishing)" title="Article (publishing)">articles</a> and submitting them to magazines, but he receives only rejection slips. </p><p>Cdr. Robert Munroe, the officer in charge of the public-relations office, a <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southerner</a> with 30 years of experience in journalism, dismisses Alex's early writings as amateurish but takes an interest in Alex, his work and his plans, and he offers him constructive advice and guidance. Alex works hard on his writing, both on-duty and off-duty. He spends so much time on his own writing that Nan begins to complain, saying that he neglects her and their two children, Lydia and Billy, by giving them so little time and attention. </p><p>While on <a href="/wiki/Annual_leave" title="Annual leave">annual leave</a> from the Coast Guard, Alex and his family visit Cynthia, Elizabeth and Cousin Georgia in the bungalow in Henning, and, partly with the encouragement of Grandma Cinthy, he starts to feel a need or wish to learn more about the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_heritage" title="Cultural heritage">roots</a> of his family. During that visit, Cinthy tells Alex that the old slice from the redwood tree has become hauled away to a dump because insects had begun reducing it to sawdust. </p><p>Alex continues to feel much frustration and disappointment about his lack of success in civilian commercial writing. He seeks and, in 1949, receives a change of his rating from Steward's Mate First-Class to Journalist First-Class, and he remains as a journalist (no longer in the wardroom area). Later, he advances to the rate of Chief Petty Officer (Chief Journalist; the first Chief Journalist in the Coast Guard), and he continues as a Chief Journalist for the remainder of his 20-year military career. </p><p>On Christmas Eve 1950, Mel Klein, an independent writer on an assignment from a magazine editor, consults Alex to get some statistics to go into a new article about the Coast Guard, and Alex asks Mel for advice. Mel tells him about <a href="/wiki/Coronet_(magazine)" title="Coronet (magazine)"><i>Coronet</i></a>, a small-format magazine, which, according to Mel, can't get enough short (600-word) <a href="/wiki/Human_interest_story" class="mw-redirect" title="Human interest story">human-interest stories</a>. </p><p>In response to Mel's advice, Alex, that same night, dives into his work after hours in the office and submerges himself in his writing and rewriting – to the extent that he loses sight of his special duties to his family that special night – to take home the gifts and the <a href="/wiki/Christmas_tree" title="Christmas tree">tree</a>, for which Nan and the kids have prepared a place in their apartment, and for which they have awaited and anticipated. On Christmas Day, Alex finally arrives at their apartment – barely in time to see Nan and their children as they walk out and step into a <a href="/wiki/Taxicab" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxicab">taxicab</a> – because Nan has decided to leave Alex and to move in with her mother in her home. Nan and Alex later divorce. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chapter_7_–_The_1960s"><span id="Chapter_7_.E2.80.93_The_1960s"></span>Chapter 7 – The 1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Chapter 7 – The 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 1960, Simon, Alex, George and others gather in Henning for the funeral of Aunt Lizzie. George is an <a href="/wiki/Attorneys_in_the_United_States" title="Attorneys in the United States">attorney</a> and a <a href="/wiki/State_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="State Senator">state senator</a> (and the second Black graduate of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Arkansas_School_of_Law" title="University of Arkansas School of Law">School of Law</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Arkansas" title="University of Arkansas">University of Arkansas</a>), Julius is an architect, and Alex is, as he describes himself, a professional writer with a respectable living. Simon implies that he does not feel as pleased with the accomplishments of Alex as he does with those of his two younger brothers. </p><p>In 1960, Alex meets <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_X" title="Malcolm X">Malcolm X</a>, and later interviews him and a number of other notable people, including <a href="/wiki/George_Lincoln_Rockwell" title="George Lincoln Rockwell">George Lincoln Rockwell</a>, while writing for <i><a href="/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Reader%27s_Digest" title="Reader's Digest">Reader's Digest</a></i>. Alex also co-authors <i><a href="/wiki/The_Autobiography_of_Malcolm_X" title="The Autobiography of Malcolm X">The Autobiography of Malcolm X</a></i>, and he finishes it several weeks before the assassination of the subject person. </p><p>While Alex makes another visit in Henning, Cousin Georgia encourages him and his curiosity about his family heritage. Alex continues his research – to the <a href="/wiki/National_Archives_Building" title="National Archives Building">National Archives</a>, a private source in North Carolina, a historical society in <a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis</a>, the headquarters of the United Nations, and eventually to the village of <a href="/wiki/Jufureh" title="Jufureh">Jufureh</a> in <a href="/wiki/The_Gambia" title="The Gambia">The Gambia</a> in West Africa. Before Alex leaves for West Africa, Simon reconciles with his son, saying that he is proud of Alex's work on <i>The Autobiography of Malcolm X</i>. </p><p>In Jufureh, Alex listens to a native <a href="/wiki/Griot" title="Griot">griot</a> who tells about a young <a href="/wiki/Mandinka_people" title="Mandinka people">Mandinka</a> man, <a href="/wiki/Kunta_Kinte" title="Kunta Kinte">Kunta Kinte</a>, who went out to fetch wood to make a drum and was never again seen. Thus, Alex concludes that he has truly discovered his ancestor and his history in Africa. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Epilogue">Epilogue</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Epilogue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As with the original, the new series again concludes with a postscript by Alex himself, who encourages viewers to explore their own genealogy, in part by interviewing their older relatives, consulting written records and holding family reunions. </p><p>For the first part of the story, see <i><a href="/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)" title="Roots (1977 miniseries)">Roots</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Number in parentheses indicates how many episodes in which the actor/character appears. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Georg_Stanford_Brown" title="Georg Stanford Brown">Georg Stanford Brown</a> – Tom Harvey (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynne_Moody" title="Lynne Moody">Lynne Moody</a> – Irene Harvey (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbi_Morgan" title="Debbi Morgan">Debbi Morgan</a> – Elizabeth Harvey (6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beah_Richards" title="Beah Richards">Beah Richards</a> – Cynthia Harvey Palmer (older) (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a> – Colonel Frederick Warner (3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivia_de_Havilland" title="Olivia de Havilland">Olivia de Havilland</a> – Mrs. Warner (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Thomas_(actor)" title="Richard Thomas (actor)">Richard Thomas</a> – Jim Warner (3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Singer" title="Marc Singer">Marc Singer</a> – Andy Warner (4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Shaw" title="Stan Shaw">Stan Shaw</a> – Will Palmer (4)</li> <li>Fay Hauser – Carrie Barden (4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irene_Cara" title="Irene Cara">Irene Cara</a> – Bertha Palmer Haley (3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avon_Long" title="Avon Long">Avon Long</a> – Chicken George Moore (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_E._Mosley" title="Roger E. Mosley">Roger E. Mosley</a> – Lee Garnet (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Koslo" title="Paul Koslo">Paul Koslo</a> – Earl Crowther (4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Morgan" title="Harry Morgan">Harry Morgan</a> – Bob Campbell (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorian_Harewood" title="Dorian Harewood">Dorian Harewood</a> – Simon Haley (5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a> – Queen Haley (3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Williams" title="Hal Williams">Hal Williams</a> – Alec Haley (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Morris" title="Greg Morris">Greg Morris</a> – Beeman Jones (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Stokes_Mitchell" title="Brian Stokes Mitchell">Brian Stokes Mitchell</a> – John Dolan (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ja%27net_Dubois" class="mw-redirect" title="Ja'net Dubois">Ja'net Dubois</a> – Sally Harvey (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slim_Gaillard" title="Slim Gaillard">Slim Gaillard</a> – Sam Wesley (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Voskovec" class="mw-redirect" title="Jiří Voskovec">George Voskovec</a> – Mr. Goldstein (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Wingreen" title="Jason Wingreen">Jason Wingreen</a> – Judge Quartermain (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Robinson_(actor)" title="Charlie Robinson (actor)">Charlie Robinson</a> – Luke Bettiger (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a> – Dad Jones (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kene_Holliday" title="Kene Holliday">Kene Holliday</a> – Detroit (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Popwell" title="Albert Popwell">Albert Popwell</a> – Fader (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rubinstein" title="John Rubinstein">John Rubinstein</a> – Lieutenant Hamilton Ten Eyck (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Casey" title="Bernie Casey">Bernie Casey</a> – Bubba Haywood (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pam_Grier" title="Pam Grier">Pam Grier</a> – Francey (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosey_Grier" title="Rosey Grier">Roosevelt Grier</a> – Big Slew Johnson (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Daly_(actor)" title="James Daly (actor)">James Daly</a> – R.S.M. Boyce (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percy_Rodriguez" title="Percy Rodriguez">Percy Rodriguez</a> – Boyd Moffatt (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Culp" title="Robert Culp">Robert Culp</a> – Lyle Pettijohn (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dina_Merrill" title="Dina Merrill">Dina Merrill</a> – Mrs. Hickinger (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brock_Peters" title="Brock Peters">Brock Peters</a> – Ab Dekker (1)</li> <li>Bever-Leigh Banfield – Cynthia Palmer (young adult) (3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Winfield" title="Paul Winfield">Paul Winfield</a> – Dr. Horace Huguley (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Hamilton_(actress)" title="Lynn Hamilton (actress)">Lynn Hamilton</a> – Cousin Georgia Anderson (3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kristoff_St._John" title="Kristoff St. John">Kristoff St. John</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Haley" title="Alex Haley">Alex Haley</a> (child) (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_Ramsey" title="Logan Ramsey">Logan Ramsey</a> – F.R. Lewis (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Fimple" title="Dennis Fimple">Dennis Fimple</a> – Sheriff Duffy (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damon_Evans_(actor)" title="Damon Evans (actor)">Damon Evans</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Haley" title="Alex Haley">Alex Haley</a> (ages 16–28) (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Allen" title="Debbie Allen">Debbie Allen</a> – Nan Branch Haley (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Griffith" title="Andy Griffith">Andy Griffith</a> – Commander Robert Munroe (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diahann_Carroll" title="Diahann Carroll">Diahann Carroll</a> – Zeona Haley (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafer_Johnson" title="Rafer Johnson">Rafer Johnson</a> – Nelson (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmen_McRae" title="Carmen McRae">Carmen McRae</a> – Lily (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hancock_(actor)" title="John Hancock (actor)">John Hancock</a> – Scotty (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telma_Hopkins" title="Telma Hopkins">Telma Hopkins</a> – Daisy (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Fields" title="Kim Fields">Kim Fields</a> – Lydia Haley (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milt_Kogan" title="Milt Kogan">Milt Kogan</a> – Mel Klein (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Haley" title="Alex Haley">Alex Haley</a> (ages 39–46) (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Rollins" title="Howard Rollins">Howard Rollins</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_W._Haley" title="George W. Haley">George Haley</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlon_Brando" title="Marlon Brando">Marlon Brando</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Lincoln_Rockwell" title="George Lincoln Rockwell">George Lincoln Rockwell</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Freeman_Jr." title="Al Freeman Jr.">Al Freeman Jr.</a> – <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_X" title="Malcolm X">Malcolm X</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Barrie" title="Barbara Barrie">Barbara Barrie</a> – Dodie Brattle (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Hopkins" title="Linda Hopkins">Linda Hopkins</a> – Singer (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Short" title="Bobby Short">Bobby Short</a> – Himself (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Chamberlin" title="Lee Chamberlin">Lee Chamberlin</a> – Odile Richards (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Fell" title="Norman Fell">Norman Fell</a> – Paul Reynolds (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Broderick" title="James Broderick">James Broderick</a> – Dr. Lewis (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Constantine" title="Michael Constantine">Michael Constantine</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jan_Vansina" title="Jan Vansina">Dr. Vansina</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Sekka" title="Johnny Sekka">Johnny Sekka</a> – Ebau (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakes_Mokae" title="Zakes Mokae">Zakes Mokae</a> – African Minister (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudia_McNeil" title="Claudia McNeil">Claudia McNeil</a> – Sister Will Ada (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bianca_Ferguson" title="Bianca Ferguson">Bianca Ferguson</a> – Sophia (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Michael_Thomas" title="Philip Michael Thomas">Philip Michael Thomas</a> – Eddie Franklin (1)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Producers Stan Margulies and <a href="/wiki/David_L._Wolper" title="David L. Wolper">David L. Wolper</a> were initially reluctant to make a sequel to the 1977 miniseries but later agreed to do it.<sup id="cite_ref-time_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writer <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Kinoy" title="Ernest Kinoy">Ernest Kinoy</a> then wrote an outline for <i>Roots: The Next Generations</i>, based on the final seven chapters of Alex Haley's book <i><a href="/wiki/Roots:_The_Saga_of_an_American_Family" title="Roots: The Saga of an American Family">Roots: The Saga of an American Family</a></i> and about 1,000 pages worth of family recollections that <a href="/wiki/Alex_Haley" title="Alex Haley">Alex Haley</a> dictated into a tape recorder.<sup id="cite_ref-time_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While Haley contributed as a consultant during the production, many of the family and other events depicted were factually inaccurate or wholly fictionalized. Some glaring examples include: </p><p>1. Jim Warner and Carrie Barden were in reality James Turner and Carrie White. James was not the son of a prominent Colonel who lived in Henning and did not have a brother who eventually became a Tennessee senator. The miniseries opens in 1883. Jim and Carrie are introduced as strangers and later get married by running off to Memphis. In reality, Jim and Carrie were married in <a href="/wiki/Lauderdale_County,_Tennessee" title="Lauderdale County, Tennessee">Lauderdale County, Tennessee</a>, on April 21, 1876, seven years prior to the year the miniseries begins. It is also unlikely that Jim was white since, in 1876, interracial marriages were illegal. Lauderdale County officials would have refused to issue a marriage license to any interracial couple seeking to marry. Jim was likely a mulatto. In fact, according to the 1891 Tennessee voter registration rolls, Jim was identified as Black. The best evidence showing that Jim was not white is an affidavit found in his 1942 probate file in Lauderdale County signed by his widow, Carrie. In paragraph 2 of the affidavit, Carrie referred to Jim (J.B. Turner) as "colored". </p><p>2. W.E. Palmer was Alex Haley's grandfather as portrayed by Stan Shaw. He married Cynthia Murray (Harvey in the miniseries). Part V opens in late summer 1932 with interaction between Wil Palmer and his grandson, Alex. Wil shows Alex a slice of a tree, explaining that time is short for people compared to the life of a tree. Alex's parents are living in Henning, waiting for Simon to be hired by a college. Eventually, Simon is hired by an Alabama College and the Haleys relocate there. After the move, Bertha learns that her father died in Henning. In reality, both Wil Palmer and Bertha Haley were dead by "late summer" 1932. Wil died on February 5, 1926, and Bertha died in Normal, Alabama, on February 16, 1932. The scene regarding the tree slice could not have happened as portrayed, since Alex was less than five years old when his grandfather died. </p><p>3. Part VII opens in October 1960 with the funeral of Aunt Lizzie Harvey. In reality, Elizabeth Murray died in 1952, preceded by her sister Cynthia in 1949. </p><p>Also in Part VII, Haley's interview of George Lincoln Rockwell is presented as having taken place prior to the assassination of Malcolm X when, in fact, the interview occurred in April 1966, more than a year after Malcolm X's death. </p><p>The producers aimed for casting high-quality actors and basically had no trouble signing the people they wanted because of the success of the first miniseries.<sup id="cite_ref-time_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While <a href="/wiki/Georg_Stanford_Brown" title="Georg Stanford Brown">Georg Stanford Brown</a> reprises his role as Tom Harvey, <a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a> was selected partially due to his physical resemblance to Haley. Wanting to also participate in the miniseries, <a href="/wiki/Marlon_Brando" title="Marlon Brando">Marlon Brando</a> called "out of the blue" and asked for a small yet memorable role; he was cast as <a href="/wiki/George_Lincoln_Rockwell" title="George Lincoln Rockwell">George Lincoln Rockwell</a><sup id="cite_ref-time_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and won an <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Awards" title="Emmy Awards">Emmy Award</a> for his performance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcast_history">Broadcast history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Broadcast history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Episode_lists">Episode lists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Episode lists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Roots: The Next Generations</i> originally aired on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> as 7 two-hour episodes on consecutive nights from February 18 to February 24, 1979. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Episode </th> <th rowspan="2">Approximate time period </th> <th colspan="8">Featured Kinte descendants </th></tr> <tr> <th>Chicken George </th> <th>Tom Harvey </th> <th>Cynthia Harvey Palmer </th> <th>Bertha Palmer Haley </th> <th>Alex Haley </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>Part I </td> <td>1882 – 1883 </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>Part II </td> <td>1896 – 1897 </td> <td></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>Part III </td> <td>1914 – 1918 </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>Part IV </td> <td>1918 – 1921 </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>Part V </td> <td>1932 – 1933 </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>Part VI </td> <td>1939 – 1950 </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>Part VII </td> <td>1960 – 1967 </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="background:#FFFFFF"> <tbody><tr style="color:#FFFFFF"> <th style="background:#CDAD00; width:20px">Nº </th> <th style="background:#CDAD00">Title </th> <th style="background:#CDAD00; width:140px">Directed By </th> <th style="background:#CDAD00; width:215px">Teleplay By </th> <th style="background:#CDAD00; width:135px">Original runtime </th> <th style="background:#CDAD00; width:135px">Original air date </th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep1" style="text-align:center">1</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Part I"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Erman" title="John Erman">John Erman</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Kinoy" title="Ernest Kinoy">Ernest Kinoy</a></td><td style="text-align:center">2 h</td><td style="text-align:center">February 18, 1979<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1979-02-18</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep2" style="text-align:center">2</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Part II"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Dubin" title="Charles S. Dubin">Charles S. Dubin</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Kinoy" title="Ernest Kinoy">Ernest Kinoy</a></td><td style="text-align:center">2 h</td><td style="text-align:center">February 19, 1979<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1979-02-19</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep3" style="text-align:center">3</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Part III"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Erman" title="John Erman">John Erman</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Kinoy" title="Ernest Kinoy">Ernest Kinoy</a></td><td style="text-align:center">2 h</td><td style="text-align:center">February 20, 1979<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1979-02-20</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep4" style="text-align:center">4</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Part IV"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Dubin" title="Charles S. Dubin">Charles S. Dubin</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Sydney A. Glass and <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Kinoy" title="Ernest Kinoy">Ernest Kinoy</a></td><td style="text-align:center">2 h</td><td style="text-align:center">February 21, 1979<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1979-02-21</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep5" style="text-align:center">5</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Part V"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Georg_Stanford_Brown" title="Georg Stanford Brown">Georg Stanford Brown</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Thad_Mumford" title="Thad Mumford">Thad Mumford</a> and Daniel Wilcox</td><td style="text-align:center">2 h</td><td style="text-align:center">February 22, 1979<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1979-02-22</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep6" style="text-align:center">6</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Part VI"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Richards" title="Lloyd Richards">Lloyd Richards</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_McGreevey" title="John McGreevey">John McGreevey</a></td><td style="text-align:center">2 h</td><td style="text-align:center">February 23, 1979<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1979-02-23</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep7" style="text-align:center">7</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Part VII"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Erman" title="John Erman">John Erman</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Kinoy" title="Ernest Kinoy">Ernest Kinoy</a></td><td style="text-align:center">2 h</td><td style="text-align:center">February 24, 1979<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1979-02-24</span>)</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ratings_and_viewers">Ratings and viewers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Ratings and viewers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The miniseries was watched by an estimated 110 million<sup id="cite_ref-schen_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schen-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tuscaloosa_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuscaloosa-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pitt_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pitt-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bryan_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bryan-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-museum_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> viewers and averaged a 30.1 rating<sup id="cite_ref-pitt_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pitt-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 45% share<sup id="cite_ref-pitt_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pitt-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the audience. </p> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Episode</th> <th>Weekly Ratings <br /> Ranking<sup id="cite_ref-bryan_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bryan-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_age"><a href="#endnote_age">[a]</a></sup></th> <th>Number of <br /> Households</th> <th>Number of <br /> Viewers</th> <th>Rating</th> <th>Share</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Network </th></tr> <tr> <td>Part I </td> <td>#8 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>65 million<sup id="cite_ref-toledo_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toledo-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>27.8%<sup id="cite_ref-toledo_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toledo-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>41%<sup id="cite_ref-toledo_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toledo-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-02-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 18, 1979</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Part II </td> <td>#9 </td> <td>22 million<sup id="cite_ref-tuscaloosa_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuscaloosa-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>65 million<sup id="cite_ref-timenews_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timenews-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>29.5%<sup id="cite_ref-tuscaloosa_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuscaloosa-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-02-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 19, 1979</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Part III </td> <td>#4 </td> <td>24.4 million<sup id="cite_ref-tuscaloosa_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuscaloosa-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>70 million<sup id="cite_ref-timenews_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timenews-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>32.7%<sup id="cite_ref-tuscaloosa_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuscaloosa-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>50%<sup id="cite_ref-timenews_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timenews-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-02-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 20, 1979</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Part IV </td> <td>#6 </td> <td>23.7 million<sup id="cite_ref-tuscaloosa_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuscaloosa-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>31.8%<sup id="cite_ref-tuscaloosa_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuscaloosa-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-02-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 21, 1979</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Part V </td> <td>#7 </td> <td>23.6 million<sup id="cite_ref-tuscaloosa_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuscaloosa-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>31.7%<sup id="cite_ref-tuscaloosa_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuscaloosa-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-02-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 22, 1979</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Part VI </td> <td>#10 </td> <td>21.5 million<sup id="cite_ref-tuscaloosa_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuscaloosa-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>28.9%<sup id="cite_ref-tuscaloosa_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuscaloosa-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-02-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 23, 1979</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Part VII </td> <td>#11 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>28.6%<sup id="cite_ref-tuscaloosa_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuscaloosa-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-02-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 24, 1979</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_age"><b><a href="#ref_age">^[a]</a></b></span> </sup>Part I aired a week prior to the rest of the series in the ratings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Won</dt></dl> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award">Primetime Emmy Awards</a>:</b> </p> <ul><li>Best Limited Series</li> <li>Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special – <a href="/wiki/Marlon_Brando" title="Marlon Brando">Marlon Brando</a> for "Episode VII"</li></ul> <dl><dt>Nominations</dt></dl> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award">Golden Globe Awards</a>:</b> </p> <ul><li>Best TV Series – Drama</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award">Primetime Emmy Awards</a>:</b> </p> <ul><li>Outstanding Achievement in Makeup</li> <li>Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special – <a href="/wiki/Al_Freeman_Jr." title="Al Freeman Jr.">Al Freeman Jr.</a> for "Episode VII"</li> <li>Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Winfield" title="Paul Winfield">Paul Winfield</a> for "Episode V"</li> <li>Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special – <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a></li> <li>Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special – <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Kinoy" title="Ernest Kinoy">Ernest Kinoy</a> for "Episode I"</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="TV_One">TV One</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: TV One"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July and September 2007, the <a href="/wiki/TV_One_(US_TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="TV One (US TV network)">TV One</a> network reran the series hosted by several of the original cast including Lynne Moody, Dorian Harewood, Stan Shaw, Kristoff St. John, and Irene Cara. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The miniseries was released on DVD by <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> on October 9, 2007. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Alex_Haley%27s_Queen" title="Alex Haley's Queen">Alex Haley's Queen</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots:_The_Next_Generations&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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miniseries)">Shōgun</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/33rd_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="33rd Primetime Emmy Awards">1981</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marco_Polo_(1982_TV_series)" title="Marco Polo (1982 TV series)">Marco Polo</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/34th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="34th Primetime Emmy Awards">1982</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Life_and_Adventures_of_Nicholas_Nickleby_(1982_film)" title="The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982 film)">The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/35th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="35th Primetime Emmy Awards">1983</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Concealed_Enemies" title="Concealed Enemies">Concealed Enemies</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/36th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="36th Primetime Emmy Awards">1984</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jewel_in_the_Crown_(TV_series)" title="The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)">The Jewel in the Crown</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/37th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="37th Primetime Emmy Awards">1985</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Peter_the_Great_(miniseries)" title="Peter the Great (miniseries)">Peter the Great</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/38th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="38th Primetime Emmy Awards">1986</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Year_in_the_Life" title="A Year in the Life">A Year in the Life</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/39th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="39th Primetime Emmy Awards">1987</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Murder_of_Mary_Phagan" title="The Murder of Mary Phagan">The Murder of Mary Phagan</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/40th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="40th Primetime Emmy Awards">1988</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/War_and_Remembrance_(miniseries)" title="War and Remembrance (miniseries)">War and Remembrance</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/41st_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="41st Primetime Emmy Awards">1989</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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href="/wiki/46th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="46th Primetime Emmy Awards">1994</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joseph_(1995_film)" title="Joseph (1995 film)">Joseph</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/47th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="47th Primetime Emmy Awards">1995</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gulliver%27s_Travels_(miniseries)" title="Gulliver's Travels (miniseries)">Gulliver's Travels</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/48th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="48th Primetime Emmy Awards">1996</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prime_Suspect" title="Prime Suspect">Prime Suspect</a>: Errors of Judgement</i> (<a href="/wiki/49th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="49th Primetime Emmy Awards">1997</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon_(miniseries)" title="From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)">From the Earth to the Moon</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/50th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="50th Primetime Emmy Awards">1998</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hornblower_(TV_series)" title="Hornblower (TV series)">Hornblower</a></i> ("<a href="/wiki/The_Even_Chance" title="The Even Chance">The Even Chance</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/The_Examination_for_Lieutenant" title="The Examination for Lieutenant">The Examination for Lieutenant</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/The_Duchess_and_the_Devil" title="The Duchess and the Devil">The Duchess and the Devil</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/The_Frogs_and_the_Lobsters" title="The Frogs and the Lobsters">The Frogs and the Lobsters</a>") (<a href="/wiki/51st_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="51st Primetime Emmy Awards">1999</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Corner" title="The Corner">The Corner</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/52nd_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="52nd Primetime Emmy Awards">2000</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anne_Frank:_The_Whole_Story" title="Anne Frank: The Whole Story">Anne Frank: The Whole Story</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/53rd_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="53rd Primetime Emmy Awards">2001</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Band_of_Brothers_(miniseries)" title="Band of Brothers (miniseries)">Band of Brothers</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/54th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="54th Primetime Emmy Awards">2002</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Taken_(miniseries)" title="Taken (miniseries)">Taken</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/55th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="55th Primetime Emmy Awards">2003</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Angels_in_America_(miniseries)" title="Angels in America (miniseries)">Angels in America</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/56th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="56th Primetime Emmy Awards">2004</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Prince" title="The Lost Prince">The Lost Prince</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/57th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="57th Primetime Emmy Awards">2005</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I_(2005_TV_series)" title="Elizabeth I (2005 TV series)">Elizabeth I</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/58th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="58th Primetime Emmy Awards">2006</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Broken_Trail" title="Broken Trail">Broken Trail</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/59th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="59th Primetime Emmy Awards">2007</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_(miniseries)" title="John Adams (miniseries)">John Adams</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/60th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="60th Primetime Emmy Awards">2008</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Dorrit_(TV_series)" title="Little Dorrit (TV series)">Little Dorrit</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/61st_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="61st Primetime Emmy Awards">2009</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pacific_(miniseries)" 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