Roots

Chicken George and his loved ones have finally gotten the freedom that Kunta Kinte fought for in Part 4 of Roots. Attitudes towards Black people are not much different across the sea in England. George is still a slave and is still not seen as a person. His master It took more than 20 years, […]

Giving up has never been in Kunta Kinte’s blood, and it seems his daughter has taken on his fighting spirit in Part 2 of Roots. It’s been 10 years since we last saw Kunta, and in that time he was always looking for a way to run away from his plantation. He may have been […]

The remake of Roots is giving us a richer look at Alex Haley’s family tree, and tonight was just the first chapter. Off top, the story seems a little fuller–more rounded out. This isn’t to say that the original Roots was somehow lacking, but Will Packer revealed to The Black Girl Nerds podcast that producers […]

Tip is the latest addition to the new cast of Roots. The reboot is currently filming in Louisiana and will premiere in 2016.

Actor Laurence Fishburne will play Alex Haley in A&E Networks’ reboot of Haley’s classic African-American novel Roots, History Channel’s executive vice president and general manager Dirk Hoogstra…

Did you know Annapolis was where Kunta Kinte of Alex Hailey’s “Roots” arrived on the slave ship. Annapolis has such rich history. Explore Annapolis and…

D.L. Hughley went to go see “12 Years A Slave” and said it was worse than “Roots”! Now anyone who has seen “Roots” knows that…