alex hayley. >> i will go to my grave believing that roots is america's story, not just black americaers story. >> you might have come over in the bottom of the ship, but we all come over in ships. >> they men stay put, but it don't mean stay a slave. >> as a 19-year-old kid, you know, roots was my first job. >> what's your name? >> gunta, gunta quinte. >> the character i got to portray in roots was a dream role. snoo it was really genius to cast all of america's favorite television dads in the roles of the white slave owners and the villains. >> by morning, captain, sleep well. >> it is difficult to explain how unprecedented roots was, no