Roots: The Next Generations
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7 episodes
1. Part 1
1. Part 1
Tom Harvey (GEORG STANFORD BROWN) assumes the leadership of the black community in Henning, Tennessee from his aging father, Chicken George (AVON LONG).
1 h 37 min
Feb 17, 1979
2. Part 2
2. Part 2
Tom Harvey's daughter, Cynthia (BEVER-LEIGH BANFIELD) falls in love with Will Palmer (STAN SHAW) a railroad worker who soon lands a job at the lumber company.
1 h 35 min
Feb 18, 1979
3. Part 3
3. Part 3
Seventeen years later: Will Palmer (STAN SHAW) prospers as the owner of the lumber company.
1 h 39 min
Feb 19, 1979
4. Part 4
4. Part 4
Simon Haley (DORIAN HAREWOOD) spends World War I with the 92nd Infantry, Colored, in France. On his return to the States, Simon and his buddies Doxey (CHARLES WELDON) and Haywood (BERNIE CASEY) are greeted by a lynch mob in Knoxville, Tennessee.
1 h 38 min
Feb 20, 1979
5. Part 5
5. Part 5
12-year-old Alex Haley (CHRISTOFF ST. JOHN) learns his family history from grandfather Will Palmer (STAN SHAW).
1 h 36 min
Feb 21, 1979
6. Part 6
6. Part 6
Alex Haley (DAMON EVANS) joins the Coast Guard after leaving college. He meets and marries Nan Branch (DEBBIE ALLEN) before being sent to the South Pacific during WW II.
1 h 37 min
Feb 22, 1979
7. Part 7
7. Part 7
Alex Haley (JAMES EARL JONES) is now a successful magazine writer; his latest assignment: an interview with Malcolm X.
1 h 40 min
Feb 25, 1979
