Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Week In History: On Jan. 23, 1977, the miniseries "Roots" premiered on ABC-TV and was featured on the cover of The Dispatch's ...

The feelings towards The History Channel’s remake of Alex Haley’s Roots miniseries are almost as complicated as the history explored in the eight-hour epic about Kunta Kinte, an African man sold into ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The History channel is moving closer to a remake of the groundbreaking TV miniseries "Roots." The channel said Allen Hughes, whose credits include "Menace II Society" and "The Book ...

*As we approach the 50th anniversary (01/27) of “Roots,” we are not merely commemorating a television event. We are revisiting a cultural earthquake. Before the bright lights of Hollywood casting ...

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