it may be the first time that television allowed an embracing of black pride. them is free. is free, honey. one of the reasons that roots was so incredibly popular is not because abc had so much faith in it, but because abc didn t. earlier miniseries were broadcast in weekly installments. and the abc executives determined that if roots were to fail, they could just be done with it in seven or eight nights. it was high risk, high reward. if it didn t work, you were out a lot of tv time and not many people watching. the television premiere on eight consecutive nights attracted the largest audience in the history of the medium. there s something about it that seems to touch all human beings. it transcends age and race. entertainment was meeting humanity. i think that s the primary value is to lead humanity forward. if there s a legacy of
point of view of the africans. it may be the first time that television allowed an embracing of black pride. them is free. is free, honey. one of the reasons that roots was so incredibly popular is not because abc had so much faith in it, but because abc didn t. earlier miniseries were broadcast in weekly installments. and the abc executives determined that if roots were to fail, they could just be done with it in seven or eight nights. it was high risk, high reward. if it didn t work, you were out a lot of tv time and not many people watching. the television premiere on eight consecutive nights attracted the largest audience in the history of the media. there s something about it that seems to touch all human beings. it transcends age and race. entertainment was meeting humanity. i think that s the primary value
of slavery before told from the point of view of the africans. it may be the first time that television allowed an embracing of black pride. them is free. is free, honey. one of the reasons that roots was so incredibly popular is not because abc had so much faith in it, but because abc didn t. earlier miniseries were broadcast in weekly installments. and the abc executives determined that if roots were to fail, they could just be done with it in seven or eight nights. it was high risk, high reward. if it didn t work, you were out a lot of tv time and not many people watching. the television premiere on eight consecutive nights attracted the largest audience in the history of the media. there s something about it that seems to touch all human beings. it transcends age and race. entertainment was meeting humanity. i think that s the primary value
point of view of the africans. it may be the first time that television allowed an embracing of black pride. them is free. is free, honey. one of the reasons that roots was so incredibly popular is not because abc had so much faith in it, but because abc didn t. earlier miniseries were broadcast in weekly installments. and the abc executives determined that if roots were to fail, they could just be done with it in seven or eight nights. it was high risk, high reward. if it didn t work, you were out a lot of tv time and not many people watching. the television premiere on eight consecutive nights attracted the largest audience in the history of the media. there s something about it that seems to touch all human beings. it transcends age and race. entertainment was meeting humanity. i think that s the primary value
we might have come over in the bottom of the ship, but we all came over on ships. my name means stay put. but it don t mean stay a slave. as a 19-year-old kid, it was my first job. we re not children. we re very close to being men. what s your name? kunta. kunta kintae. the character that i got to portray in roots was a dream role. it was really genius to cast all of america s favorite television dads in the roles of the white slave owners and the villains. i ll be by to fetch ya in the morning, captain. sleep well. it is difficult to explain in today s culture how unprecedented roots was. no one had ever seen the story of slavery before told from the point of view of the africans. it may be the first time that television allowed an embracing of black pride.