Continuing the story of Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors, this award-winning sequel to Roots picks up the story at the conclusion of the Civil War, and covers the significant historic events that impacted Haley and his family, from Reconstruction and Jim Crow, through World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II. The epic account concludes during the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s when the author himself tracks down and eventually meets his distant kin in Gambia, West Africa while preparing to write what would become his ground--breaking novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
Show Info
Network: ABC
(1979 -
1979)
Default Runtime: 120 minutes
Status: Ended
Show Type:
Scripted
Genres:
DramaWarHistory
Episodes ordered: 7 episodes
Created by:
Ernest Kinoy
(waiting for more votes)
Previous Episode
Part 7
Episode 1x07; Feb 25, 1979
In the exciting conclusion, it is now 1960 in Henning, Tennessee, 10 years after Alex's wife Nan left him, and Alex attends the funeral for his great Aunt Elizabeth. He has finally succeeded in a writing career by publishing free-lance articles inclu…
Previous Episodes
Episode Name | Airdate | Trailer |
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1x07: Part 7 | Feb 25, 1979 | |
1x06: Part 6 | Feb 23, 1979 | |
1x05: Part 5 | Feb 22, 1979 |