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Roots: The Next Generations

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Roots: The Next Generations
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11hrs 25min
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1979
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Warner Home Video
Synopsis: The phenomenal success of the 1977 ABC miniseries Roots all but demanded a sequel to writer Alex Haley's epic story of his African and African-American forebears. Debuting February 18, 1979, Roots: The Next Generations picked up where its predecessor left off, with Haley's slave ancestors winning their freedom in the aftermath of the Civil War. Even so, life for black Americans was wrought with hardship and oppression thanks to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, the staunch refusal of the white power ... Full Synopsis
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Mrs. Warner
Col. Frederick Warner
Earl Crowther
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