Roots, the mini-series that was shown to pupils for generations ... nature of Black contribution to society'. Roots, made in 1977, was based on a novel by Alex Haley, which tells the story ...

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Tributes have been paid to actor John Amos, who made his mark on US TV ... series by Netflix, which described it as a "spiritual sequel" to the original sitcom. In 1977, Amos moved on to Roots ...

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Amos, who starred as the older Kunta Kinte in the acclaimed 1977 miniseries ... of the USA Network series, is due next year.) John Amos' cause of death revealed: How 'Roots' actor died Born ...

The US actor, who scored an Emmy nomination for the TV series Roots and starred in the ... Kinte in the ground-breaking miniseries, Roots in 1977, for which he secured his only Emmy nomination.

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Quincy Jones version, recorded for his 1973 album You've Got It Bad Girl, is almost unrecognisable as the same song. Lazily ...