Now, Roots once again bursts onto the national scene, and at a time when the race conversation has never been more charged. In the four decades since then, the story of the young African slave Kunta Kinte and his descendants has lost none of its power to enthrall and provoke. The celebrated miniseries that followed a year later was a coast–to–coast event-over 130 million Americans watched some or all of the broadcast. Viswanathan 'Article Malayāt̲t̲ūr Rāmakr̥ṣṇan, Ramakrishnan Viswanathan Statement.' ♥ Book Title: Roots ♣ Name Author: Alex Haley ∞ Launching: ◊ Info ISBN Link: 869 ⊗ Detail ISBN code: ⊕ Number Pages: Total sheet ♮ News id: aHZKDgAAQBAJ ☯ Full Synopsis: 'A new eight-hour event series based on Roots will be simulcast on the History Channel, Lifetime, and A&E over four consecutive nights beginning Memorial Day, When Roots was first published forty years ago, the book electrified the nation: it received a Pulitzer Prize and was a #1 New York Times bestseller for 22 weeks.
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