@Eric Perry If memory serves me right what was said to be plagiarized was "The African's" rendition of the middle passage, i.e. the voyage from Africa to the Americas. Alex Haley traced part of his ancestry to Africa and as far as I know, no one has offered any credible rebuttal to that.
@matador5135 Because he plagiarized Harold Courolson's rendition of the "middle passage". I had already pointed this out. Haley's ancestors happened and you, unfortunately, can't wish that away.
I cry tears every time I watch any Roots, Queen, Roots Remake. My family is mixed like his. I see my skin color in the mirror, but hair and structure show African, European and Indigenous American Indian ancestry. I am so glad we have family reunions with passed down, documented and recorded proof of our kinship. So glad that I met Alex Haley and he allowed me a one in one conversation after a lecture he did at the university I attended. Wow!
I love Roots I remember when was seven years old watching the mini series I still will watch it today got my DNA a year ago I was like 84 percent African descent
Did my DNA, 4/24 and I'm 81% African (4 tribes) and very PROUD of it. It was nice to know where I came from. I also have South Italian, Chinese and Vietnamese ancestry which was weird to find out. I also have Greek, Balkan and Finnish ancestry
I remember being drawn to watch Roots at the tender ages of 4 or 5 years old....I was an old soul even then. After watching as much as I could back then, I asked so many questions not only about the Roots saga, but my own family. Yes, I was very young and compelled to know more. Mr. Haley did a fantastic job tracing his roots and turning it into an educational and timeless piece.
I can't believe after almost forty years people are still so fucking ignorant thinking Roots was real. A man named Harold Courlander wrote a book called The African from which Alex Haley stole entire chapters. None of Roots is true. Half of it was stolen and the other half was pulled out of Alex Haleys ass.
Nope. Sorry to burst your bubble. But Roots is completely fake. Alex Haley was successfully sued for plagiarism over his writings that he based this mini-series on. At best, it was a word of mouth story handed down through generations of people and embellished by Hollywood to sell to a TV audience. Reality hurts ? Doesn't it ?
Alex Haley and his father were quite handsome when they were young and this proved that Jim Warner really existed and he married a black woman. This answered that question and Alex's family looked like.
Thank you for this touching tribute to Alex Haley and the Roots Mini Series, I remember watching this a young teenager when it first debuted back in 1977 Roots and then Roots the Next Generation. I can't see the reason for the remake of Roots because you could never recreate the ensemble of actors/actresses of the first series. Some things should be left alone because they can only be 'Replicated never Duplicated" Roots and Roots The Next Generation fit that epitaph.
They did it so that the younger generation would connect with the miniserien too and keep on watching it. A few actors they recognized etc. I thought the remake was well done, really great actors in it. I love the original too. It's more important that people keep on watching this story for the next 40 years.
I stumbled across the remake a few years ago. Watched it for an episode or so until Chicken George showed up and I quickly realised he wasn't 'my' Chicken George so turned off. Barely got through The Next Generation on that basis, but at least it had Georg Stanford Hall and Darth Vader.
It is a miracle this family survived all those generations, & also Will Palmer owning a business in those days must have been scary & dangerous. It is a miracle the family stayed intact after slavery was over, what a miracle, I remember the series in the late 70's, we talked about it & watched it in school. What a miracle this family survived than later prospered.
I've always admired Mr. Haley's tenacity in finding out his legacy. I'm Irish, and my family emigrated here in the mid-1870's to escape our enslavement by the English aristocrats. They took our land, our homes, our dignity because they were our superiors. Upon arriving in America, there were signs all over that "Irish need not apply." But here's the issue: it is extremely difficult to trace our roots. Records of the poor Irish were burned or destroyed along with our history. All people deserve respect from their fellow men/women. Even the homeless guy on the street. We don't know their story, we only assume that their worthless or a drain on society. Take the time to talk to them, make them a sandwich, etc. Without compassion, we cease to be human.
Very emotional. makes me tear up for real and with an excellent musical score! Exotic and among the best I've ever seen or heard! Thank you for sharing!
@@tequilashots875 The entire Roots story is fiction. So I could draw you a picture of Santa Claus if you wanted. But Alex Haley was successfully sued for plagiarism (by a white author) over his work that Roots was based on.
On Roots the Next Generations, they got the skin complexions of Alex Haley's parents in reverse. The real Simon Haley was lighter than Dorian Harewood. The real Bertha Palmer Haley was darker than Irene Cara.
What a wonderful clip! Thanks to whoever made it and thanks so much for sharing it. It was so moving to see the real people. Roots was an epic series that still resonates with me so many years later.
Yeah you should cry after your people caused alot of suffering for my ancestors. I dont care what white people have to say about slavery because it still exist today in modern society
@@tianathompson2725 Do you judge by my skin ? My ancestors were Bantus , from Mozambique , and yes , thank God in my country we mix a lot , we are human beans
Shaun Mcallister yeah it was pretty good. The 1st time I watched it I was on bedrest pregnant with my daughter. I didn't think it would be as good, would've never watched if I wasn't on bedrest
Shaun Mcallister Nothing wrong with that. When I was in high school my white US History teacher got me hooked on “Roots.” He was very intrigued by the film himself.
Say what you will about Alex Haley but he did inspire generations of americans black and white and others all around the world to do their own family tree and genealogy has been a booming business ever since.
I just finished reading the book roots yesterday. I was a senior in high school when the miniseries came out and I remembered parts of it but wow, the book is really something.😮👏👏
Fantastic....love every one of Kunte's family line ... including him of course! I only wish they didn't have to suffer so much throughout their lives 💔 but they kept strong God love them xx This theme music gets ya every time 😢
I remember my parents purchasing me the Book " Roots" by Alex Haley decades ago when I was a child. I loved to read and wanted this book so much. The thickest book I had ever read at that time. The stories inside that book took me on a journey that stayed with me forever. One of the most important and significantly profound literary writings ever created by man.
Because of Alex Haley, we found our ancestors since 1722 and celebrate every 3 years of our new generation here. Its a wonderful thing to know who u are are your Roots.
I said the same thing...but, you have to realize, this way of life is all them folks knew. The folks who didnt comply were killed. If one valued their life, they submitted and changed.
My great grandfather (on my dad's side) was born in 1853. I don't know if he was born in Alabama, but he lived in Alabama most of his life. My grandfather was born in Wetumpka, Alabama (Elmore County) in 1883 and he died in 1931. My grandmother was born in 1887 and she died in 1959. I'm trying to find more information on my mom's side. It's hard because her grandmother was half Indian.
Alex said that Fiddler was most definitely fictitious bc a bridge needed to be made to mentor Junta but that being said, some slaves were made to place music for the massas at that time.
I loved this. Thank you so much for creating it. I saw ROOTS when I was a young teenager. I'm a 57-year-old white woman whose life was changed by learning all about Alex Haley's journey back in time. It was the first thing that opened my eyes to the evils of slavery and influenced me to learn more about it as I got older.
@@cbabick Fake enough. At best, it was a word of mouth story handed down through generations of people who probably couldn't read or write and embellished by Hollywood to sell to a TV audience. Worse yet, Alex Haley was successfully sued for plagiarism (by a white author) over his works that served as the basis for the Roots mini-series.
@@jacksonheathen2092 The oral tradition is the way most of the world passed down information in previous centuries, as literacy was the hallmark of the few educated and elite. The oral tradition is not to be disparaged as not a conveyor of some truths. Also, for starters, a creative work is a representation of a reality-it is not reality itself, just as an Impressionist painting is not a direct and accurate representation of a historical moment- it is a perspective that reveals some elements of the reality of a historical moment. All creative works are, by their nature, filtered through the one creating. On top of that, a tv show that is a derivative of a book is just that-derivative-and rarely represents a book exactly-it is a different type of work. The point is, whether it is a painting, a show, or a play, the work is not a documentation, but a revealing of a perspective that makes a statement or that inspires. Whether specific occurrences actually took place according to Alex Haley in his book or someone else’s doesn’t matter.The point is that, ultimately, the show “brought to life” some experiences of slavery.
@@cbabick I suppose I can't necessarily disagree with any of that. But still, I find it ridiculous how so many people think of Roots as scripture. Even the 1977 original the 2016 remake are quite different. Plus (as I mentioned) Alex Haley was successfully sued for plagiarism over his works that served as the basis for Roots. To me, the story doesn't have much credibility.
While there are many great American families. Ihe family that began with the patriarch, Kunta Kinte and survived, then prospered through to Alex Haley and his children is one of the finest examples of how love and perseverance have moved this country forward in the face of ignorance and repression. I am glad that these images and artworks are here with us now and into the future.
When Roots was published in 1976, Haley initially claimed that the story was a retelling of his own ancestry and based on years of extensive research which he also said was backed by historical documents. Amongst many claims, he stated as fact that Kunta Kinte was his ancestor who was renamed Toby Waller, and Chicken George was the son of Tom Lea. Genealogists began researching Haley's claims and found many of his stories to not only to be inaccurate, but blatant attempts to misdirect his readers about his own genealogy. It has never been proven, outside of Haley's 'oral tradition' that Kunta Kinte was a real person. There was so much misinformation in Roots that black intellectual Stanley Crouch called Haley "a ruthless hustler" and Roots "a hoax". With the mounting evidence against his genealogical claims, by the 1990s Haley shifted gears and began to downplay the accuracy of Roots and his ancestry in the story. It is astounding to this day, many in the black community still believe Kunta Kinte was a living, breathing person, and not a myth invented in the mind of Haley.
To think, whether we know of them or not (as elementary as it may be yet profound I have always thought it) we all have great, great, great, great, great, great grand parents who long ago laid the foundation for our existence today. Would they be amazed to see what we see and how far their legacy and their lineage has grown and survived?
They doing it right here. They did the same thing to Stevie Wonder and Eddie Murphy. Some people can't stand to see one who looks like these people doing well at anything! They will die lying!
im sure they had to fill a lot of gaps hes not gona find a 1000 page book that tells 200 years of his family history had to make up a good chuck of it . that's the only way it can be done . one of the best movies of all time easily incredible actors incredible (as true as possible ) story i was 8 yrs old when it came out . teaches us alot
Much as I love the final scenes of Roots: The Next Generation, Alex Haley was mistaken about his ancestry. Wikipedia gives the most concise explanation, backed by its sources: "Genealogists have also disputed Haley's research and conclusions in Roots. The Gambian griot turned out not to be a real griot, and the story of Kunta Kinte appears to have been a case of circular reporting, in which Haley's own words were repeated back to him. None of the written records in Virginia and North Carolina line up with the Roots story until after the Civil War. Some elements of Haley's family story can be found in the written records, but the most likely genealogy would be different from the one described in Roots." While it turned about not to be what Haley thought, that does not lessen his emotions or experience; he really thought he had found his ancestor, and that joy is just as real. His research was flawed, and the rest was the accidental creation of a legend. I wish it had been the absolute truth.
Ahem. What I said was "While it turned about not to be what Haley thought, that does not lessen his emotions or experience; he really thought he had found his ancestor, and that joy is just as real." Purposefully misunderstand me if it suits your need. I said Roots is an amazing story, representative of all humans who suffered this cruelty. Every time James Earl Jones finds his confirmation at the end I cry with joy. But that is not the same as a written record. This is part of the tragedy of this history. I've been working in genealogy for 20+ years and still found tracing any of my AA daughters in-laws ancestors before 1850 near impossible. Going back to Africa was impossible. I can't trace my own Native American ancestry either, which is a very different history but suffers from the same dearth of written records. But not having enough written records doesn't lessen the impact of this story, which represents just some of the cruel tragedy of this experience. Pretending that it is proven when it isn't, *does* lessen the impact because people who would otherwise be inspired or impacted may be likely to dismiss the whole thing as a lie. Don't lessen the impact.
@@VeracityLH could not have said it better myself . I find that people just want to find fault with Alex Haley .yes it may be true. not all of what he said was true. but you can't take away what happened when he was searching his roots.
@@NishaLarein Right!? Amazing how folks watch a show and think they are just 'entertainment'. This is the reason Black folk need to find out about and study our roots. If we dont....history is doomed to repeat its self.
Absolutely amazing and heartbreaking but real lives that pulled through I disgrace black white colour or creed whatever it’s peoples lives That’s what matters x
Well, at least we know the "real people" were respectable and dignified people who did not walk around with rosters on their shoulders. Hollywood did a real number of these people.
1) Chicken George looking like a real OG! I know, I said "OG!" 2) Lou Gossett looks like he could've played Tom. 3) Alex Haley's father looks like a cross between A Phillip Randolph and Charles Drew.....!
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absolutely amazing that this man was able to trace generations upon generations of his family history!
false.
@@brandrider21 WTF do you mean false?
@Eric Perry Nope. Watch video of Alex Haley' nephew where Ancestry has traced his roots back to Scotland.
@Eric Perry If memory serves me right what was said to be plagiarized was "The African's" rendition of the middle passage, i.e. the voyage from Africa to the Americas. Alex Haley traced part of his ancestry to Africa and as far as I know, no one has offered any credible rebuttal to that.
@matador5135 Because he plagiarized Harold Courolson's rendition of the "middle passage". I had already pointed this out. Haley's ancestors happened and you, unfortunately, can't wish that away.
I cry tears every time I watch any Roots, Queen, Roots Remake. My family is mixed like his. I see my skin color in the mirror, but hair and structure show African, European and Indigenous American Indian ancestry. I am so glad we have family reunions with passed down, documented and recorded proof of our kinship. So glad that I met Alex Haley and he allowed me a one in one conversation after a lecture he did at the university I attended. Wow!
Did Haley mention in this conversation that he stole the idea from a WHITE author?
You ain’t the only one hunny.
@@joebloggs5318 Well said.
Alex Haley was a fraud. He was successfully sued for plagiarism over his writings that he based the Roots mini-series on.
@@jacksonheathen2092 Harold Courlander got a ton of money as compensation in 1978 but still the Kangz won't have it.
I love Roots I remember when was seven years old watching the mini series I still will watch it today got my DNA a year ago I was like 84 percent African descent
Did my DNA, 4/24 and I'm 81% African (4 tribes) and very PROUD of it. It was nice to know where I came from. I also have South Italian, Chinese and Vietnamese ancestry which was weird to find out. I also have Greek, Balkan and Finnish ancestry
This is why family photos should never be destroyed tracing family roots through photographs is part of everyone's history.
The theme music from roots..gives me chills every time I hear it..amazing!!!
It would've been nice to see the real Kunta and Kizzy.
+Tiara Wright Unfortunately we'll never to get their photos
No cameras at kuntas time.
@@shawnmichaelduncan5951 I was just going to say
Kunta and kizzy time was in the 1700's photograph did not start until like around 1850's or 1860's
@@rhondac.willis8049 Flying the flag for progress I see. What a credit to your country you are.
I remember being drawn to watch Roots at the tender ages of 4 or 5 years old....I was an old soul even then. After watching as much as I could back then, I asked so many questions not only about the Roots saga, but my own family. Yes, I was very young and compelled to know more. Mr. Haley did a fantastic job tracing his roots and turning it into an educational and timeless piece.
Me too
I can't believe after almost forty years people are still so fucking ignorant thinking Roots was real. A man named Harold Courlander wrote a book called The African from which Alex Haley stole entire chapters. None of Roots is true. Half of it was stolen and the other half was pulled out of Alex Haleys ass.
Nope. Sorry to burst your bubble. But Roots is completely fake. Alex Haley was successfully sued for plagiarism over his writings that he based this mini-series on. At best, it was a word of mouth story handed down through generations of people and embellished by Hollywood to sell to a TV audience. Reality hurts ? Doesn't it ?
My white great grandmother was a slave to the English the Irish was first
Yes you are not only an old soul but you are an empath as well such a hard road for us
Alex Haley and his father were quite handsome when they were young and this proved that Jim Warner really existed and he married a black woman. This answered that question and Alex's family looked like.
RIP Brother Alex . Thank you for your gift to the world
Thank you for this touching tribute to Alex Haley and the Roots Mini Series, I remember watching this a young teenager when it first debuted back in 1977 Roots and then Roots the Next Generation. I can't see the reason for the remake of Roots because you could never recreate the ensemble of actors/actresses of the first series. Some things should be left alone because they can only be 'Replicated never Duplicated" Roots and Roots The Next Generation fit that epitaph.
They did it so that the younger generation would connect with the miniserien too and keep on watching it. A few actors they recognized etc.
I thought the remake was well done, really great actors in it. I love the original too. It's more important that people keep on watching this story for the next 40 years.
I stumbled across the remake a few years ago. Watched it for an episode or so until Chicken George showed up and I quickly realised he wasn't 'my' Chicken George so turned off. Barely got through The Next Generation on that basis, but at least it had Georg Stanford Hall and Darth Vader.
White kids got beat that week.
It is a miracle this family survived all those generations, & also Will Palmer owning a business in those days must have been scary & dangerous. It is a miracle the family stayed intact after slavery was over, what a miracle, I remember the series in the late 70's, we talked about it & watched it in school. What a miracle this family survived than later prospered.
I've always admired Mr. Haley's tenacity in finding out his legacy. I'm Irish, and my family emigrated here in the mid-1870's to escape our enslavement by the English aristocrats. They took our land, our homes, our dignity because they were our superiors. Upon arriving in America, there were signs all over that "Irish need not apply." But here's the issue: it is extremely difficult to trace our roots. Records of the poor Irish were burned or destroyed along with our history. All people deserve respect from their fellow men/women. Even the homeless guy on the street. We don't know their story, we only assume that their worthless or a drain on society. Take the time to talk to them, make them a sandwich, etc. Without compassion, we cease to be human.
I think you will find little sympathy for white enslavement and oppression, despite the fact it had been happening for thousands of years.
No photo's of Kunta because camera's weren't invented until over a century later, and Kizzy was also born during the 1700's, so there you go.
The music IS AMAZING.the Story too but with the Sound its wow
Nearly four decades later, Roots remains one of the cornerstones of my life ...
Very emotional. makes me tear up for real and with an excellent musical score! Exotic and among the best I've ever seen or heard! Thank you for sharing!
Quincy Jones did the score
It's 2022 and I just discovered this video. It's magnificent
Would’ve loved to see what a Kunta, Bell & Kizzy looked like but photography was way after their time.
why can,t find thier buried bodies
They could have painted them but I’m sure white folks wasn’t having that.
@@tequilashots875 The entire Roots story is fiction. So I could draw you a picture of Santa Claus if you wanted. But Alex Haley was successfully sued for plagiarism (by a white author) over his work that Roots was based on.
Miss GNX, I think you mean that photography came long AFTER their time.
@@valuecalc Exactly thank you I messed that up lemme change it
This was incredible, thank you. RIP, Alex haley.
Alex Haley was successfully sued for plagiarism over his works that served as the basis for Roots. Just saying.
Thank You for one of the most compelling stories of our time, with the best actors and actresses of our time...Bless You All.
Compelling fiction. I'll give you that.
@@jacksonheathen2092, no. It's based on real events. You're just regurgitating that lawsuit controversy.
I adored the music in this series.
Julie Witt me also, I'm a dancer and would love to dance to it
Safft101 yesss us dancers are the best
I wonder what kunta and kizzy looked like in real life.
That's it
Julie Witt me too I cry each time I hear it 😢😢😢😢
Wow this is amazing!
I love to see authentic pictures of the real life people and places in a Documentary.
I wish the mini series ROOTS would be replayed sometime. It was really good. It would open people’s eyes more on history if it would be replayed.
It is on Tubi right now.
On Roots the Next Generations, they got the skin complexions of Alex Haley's parents in reverse. The real Simon Haley was lighter than Dorian Harewood. The real Bertha Palmer Haley was darker than Irene Cara.
Facts!💯
ACTING
It's not that important the actors did amazing job in portraying Mr Haleys ancestors
Thank you...tears
What a wonderful clip! Thanks to whoever made it and thanks so much for sharing it. It was so moving to see the real people. Roots was an epic series that still resonates with me so many years later.
Thanks for sharing this incredible video! ❤️
Thank you so much, you make me cry with this amazing song and the images.
Yeah you should cry after your people caused alot of suffering for my ancestors. I dont care what white people have to say about slavery because it still exist today in modern society
@@tianathompson2725 Do you judge by my skin ? My ancestors were Bantus , from Mozambique , and yes , thank God in my country we mix a lot , we are human beans
@@tianathompson2725 Any way , God Bless you , angry child
I'm white but I'm a fan of the miniseries and the next generation
my girlfriend is black
Shaun Mcallister yeah it was pretty good. The 1st time I watched it I was on bedrest pregnant with my daughter. I didn't think it would be as good, would've never watched if I wasn't on bedrest
The new roots is a lot better, they remade it in 2016!! 100% better
Shaun Mcallister hi
Shaun Mcallister Nothing wrong with that. When I was in high school my white US History teacher got me hooked on “Roots.” He was very intrigued by the film himself.
This is pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing
In loving memory... DEFINITELY!!! 🙏 thank you for this
This is captivating. Roots are always inspired me. Humanity is above everything else. We still treat people differently and that is a real shame.
Wow, this is wonderful I watching it again, thanks for sharing
Say what you will about Alex Haley but he did inspire generations of americans black and white and others all around the world to do their own family tree and genealogy has been a booming business ever since.
This was amazing!
Thanks for this great upload.
I just finished reading the book roots yesterday. I was a senior in high school when the miniseries came out and I remembered parts of it but wow, the book is really something.😮👏👏
Fantastic....love every one of Kunte's family line ... including him of course! I only wish they didn't have to suffer so much throughout their lives 💔 but they kept strong God love them xx This theme music gets ya every time 😢
I remember my parents purchasing me the Book " Roots" by Alex Haley decades ago when I was a child. I loved to read and wanted this book so much. The thickest book I had ever read at that time.
The stories inside that book took me on a journey that stayed with me forever.
One of the most important and significantly profound literary writings ever created by man.
Thank you soooooo much for sharing these unforgettable memories!! As an African roots exposed to our people's painful past forever!!!😢😢😭
Because of Alex Haley, we found our ancestors since 1722 and celebrate every 3 years of our new generation here. Its a wonderful thing to know who u are are your Roots.
How did you? All the way back to Africa?
I would have never made this era
I said the same thing...but, you have to realize, this way of life is all them folks knew.
The folks who didnt comply were killed.
If one valued their life, they submitted and changed.
My great grandfather (on my dad's side) was born in 1853. I don't know if he was born in Alabama, but he lived in Alabama most of his life. My grandfather was born in Wetumpka, Alabama (Elmore County) in 1883 and he died in 1931. My grandmother was born in 1887 and she died in 1959. I'm trying to find more information on my mom's side. It's hard because her grandmother was half Indian.
Nice that you were able to go that far. I was able to use census records to trace my family back to Georgia, but can't go beyond that.
Beautiful. Thank You.
Wow! Awesome video!
Amazing man!
False or not this was a good movie, it's close enough to Truth
Standing ovation
You made a mistake. Tom Harvey was played by George Sanford Brown not "John Stanford Brown". He was on The Cop Drama The Rookies with Kate Jackson.
laminage he actually spells it Georg.... no “e”
And its "Beah" Richards who played Cynthia Palmer.
Not "Beach"
I noticed that too. He is one of my favorite actors. I was like who is John?
Alex said that Fiddler was most definitely fictitious bc a bridge needed to be made to mentor Junta but that being said, some slaves were made to place music for the massas at that time.
Great Video !
This is Awesome Thank You for sharing
I loved this. Thank you so much for creating it. I saw ROOTS when I was a young teenager. I'm a 57-year-old white woman whose life was changed by learning all about Alex Haley's journey back in time. It was the first thing that opened my eyes to the evils of slavery and influenced me to learn more about it as I got older.
Except that Roots is completely fake.
@@jacksonheathen2092 Not completely.
@@cbabick Fake enough. At best, it was a word of mouth story handed down through generations of people who probably couldn't read or write and embellished by Hollywood to sell to a TV audience. Worse yet, Alex Haley was successfully sued for plagiarism (by a white author) over his works that served as the basis for the Roots mini-series.
@@jacksonheathen2092 The oral tradition is the way most of the world passed down information in previous centuries, as literacy was the hallmark of the few educated and elite. The oral tradition is not to be disparaged as not a conveyor of some truths. Also, for starters, a creative work is a representation of a reality-it is not reality itself, just as an Impressionist painting is not a direct and accurate representation of a historical moment- it is a perspective that reveals some elements of the reality of a historical moment. All creative works are, by their nature, filtered through the one creating. On top of that, a tv show that is a derivative of a book is just that-derivative-and rarely represents a book exactly-it is a different type of work. The point is, whether it is a painting, a show, or a play, the work is not a documentation, but a revealing of a perspective that makes a statement or that inspires. Whether specific occurrences actually took place according to Alex Haley in his book or someone else’s doesn’t matter.The point is that, ultimately, the show “brought to life” some experiences of slavery.
@@cbabick I suppose I can't necessarily disagree with any of that. But still, I find it ridiculous how so many people think of Roots as scripture. Even the 1977 original the 2016 remake are quite different. Plus (as I mentioned) Alex Haley was successfully sued for plagiarism over his works that served as the basis for Roots. To me, the story doesn't have much credibility.
Very nice.
Thank you for sharing.
Georg Stanford Brown as Tom Harvey
My favorite character
Yes, that is Georg Stanford Brown, not John.
Well done, thank you.
This is so cool 😩❤
Love this song
Looks like two different men being pictured as the “real” Chicken George. Makes me wonder about the authenticity of some of the other photos.
While there are many great American families. Ihe family that began with the patriarch, Kunta Kinte and survived, then prospered through to Alex Haley and his children is one of the finest examples of how love and perseverance have moved this country forward in the face of ignorance and repression.
I am glad that these images and artworks are here with us now and into the future.
Remarkable and inspiring
The. Greatest. Family. Novel. Ever. Written.
When Roots was published in 1976, Haley initially claimed that the story was a retelling of his own ancestry and based on years of extensive research which he also said was backed by historical documents. Amongst many claims, he stated as fact that Kunta Kinte was his ancestor who was renamed Toby Waller, and Chicken George was the son of Tom Lea. Genealogists began researching Haley's claims and found many of his stories to not only to be inaccurate, but blatant attempts to misdirect his readers about his own genealogy. It has never been proven, outside of Haley's 'oral tradition' that Kunta Kinte was a real person. There was so much misinformation in Roots that black intellectual Stanley Crouch called Haley "a ruthless hustler" and Roots "a hoax". With the mounting evidence against his genealogical claims, by the 1990s Haley shifted gears and began to downplay the accuracy of Roots and his ancestry in the story. It is astounding to this day, many in the black community still believe Kunta Kinte was a living, breathing person, and not a myth invented in the mind of Haley.
I'd well believe it because they're not the sharpest tool in the box, that's why they go on with this racist bull to this day 🙄
Loved these roots is my favorite story. July 10!!2020 Friday
THANK YOU
Beautiful❤
To think, whether we know of them or not (as elementary as it may be yet profound I have always thought it) we all have great, great, great, great, great, great grand parents who long ago laid the foundation for our existence today. Would they be amazed to see what we see and how far their legacy and their lineage has grown and survived?
AMAZING but Most wonderful IS the sound.very great all
It’s disgusting what humans will do to each other.
They doing it right here. They did the same thing to Stevie Wonder and Eddie Murphy. Some people can't stand to see one who looks like these people doing well at anything! They will die
lying!
c'etait formidable de retrouver son origine; son village et d'etre humble de se familiariser avec les siens
Would have been nice to see a picture of Kizzy, I know it's not possible, but nice.
This is so sad 😭
I'd like to watch again the 1977 serie
Playing now on HBO Max
What a phenomenal family history.
Thanks a lot🙏
Such a strong Beautiful family
Weren't the Palmers a big, strapping family?
this is nice
im sure they had to fill a lot of gaps hes not gona find a 1000 page book that tells 200 years of his family history had to make up a good chuck of it . that's the only way it can be done . one of the best movies of all time easily incredible actors incredible (as true as possible ) story i was 8 yrs old when it came out . teaches us alot
Alex Haley was lucky to find his roots!❤😊
I want to see Routs 2 again.
C'est émouvant 😥😥
This sounds like Mancini's take on the Gerald Fried/Quincy Jones theme.
Music is beautiful.
Irene Cara was so beautiful and sweetly played Bertha Palmer. I remember it kind of went flat for me after her role ended.
Much as I love the final scenes of Roots: The Next Generation, Alex Haley was mistaken about his ancestry. Wikipedia gives the most concise explanation, backed by its sources: "Genealogists have also disputed Haley's research and conclusions in Roots. The Gambian griot turned out not to be a real griot, and the story of Kunta Kinte appears to have been a case of circular reporting, in which Haley's own words were repeated back to him. None of the written records in Virginia and North Carolina line up with the Roots story until after the Civil War. Some elements of Haley's family story can be found in the written records, but the most likely genealogy would be different from the one described in Roots."
While it turned about not to be what Haley thought, that does not lessen his emotions or experience; he really thought he had found his ancestor, and that joy is just as real. His research was flawed, and the rest was the accidental creation of a legend. I wish it had been the absolute truth.
Ahem. What I said was "While it turned about not to be what Haley thought, that does not lessen his emotions or experience; he really thought he had found his ancestor, and that joy is just as real."
Purposefully misunderstand me if it suits your need. I said Roots is an amazing story, representative of all humans who suffered this cruelty. Every time James Earl Jones finds his confirmation at the end I cry with joy. But that is not the same as a written record.
This is part of the tragedy of this history. I've been working in genealogy for 20+ years and still found tracing any of my AA daughters in-laws ancestors before 1850 near impossible. Going back to Africa was impossible. I can't trace my own Native American ancestry either, which is a very different history but suffers from the same dearth of written records.
But not having enough written records doesn't lessen the impact of this story, which represents just some of the cruel tragedy of this experience. Pretending that it is proven when it isn't, *does* lessen the impact because people who would otherwise be inspired or impacted may be likely to dismiss the whole thing as a lie.
Don't lessen the impact.
@@VeracityLH could not have said it better myself . I find that people just want to find fault with Alex Haley .yes it may be true. not all of what he said was true. but you can't take away what happened when he was searching his roots.
The real chicken george don't look bi racial to me
nice one:-)
@0:12 ive seen that statue so many times and never knew it was kunta kinte fr!
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it's georg Stanford brown, not john
I didn't know the ppl in roots were real ppl
Crazy man! I still haven't watched the entire series...
brandon green lol wow.
@@NishaLarein
Right!?
Amazing how folks watch a show and think they are just 'entertainment'.
This is the reason Black folk need to find out about and study our roots.
If we dont....history is doomed to repeat its self.
Dude read the book! I did when I was about 15 and not for my GCSE's either.
As a African American, I really wish the community would dive into our ancestry as much as this video
Well, Bertha kinda looks like Alex, they have the same nose. By the way, the actor playing Tom is called Georg Stanford Brown, not John!
+Kareem Hesham ...and I thought Alex Haley's great-grandfather was named Tom Harvey, not Murray.
+Slap Happy it was changed to harvey just for the movie.
+Kareem Hesham So , you too noticed the resemblance between the real Alex Haley & his mother. I thought I was the only one.
Absolutely amazing and heartbreaking but real lives that pulled through I disgrace black white colour or creed whatever it’s peoples lives
That’s what matters x
Well, at least we know the "real people" were respectable and dignified people who did not walk around with rosters on their shoulders. Hollywood did a real number of these people.
rosters?
The REAL family is quite HANDSOME.
Was Will Palmer 7 foot five or something?! That was a tall handsome man.
You forgot Queen Haley!
1) Chicken George looking like a real OG! I know, I said "OG!" 2) Lou Gossett looks like he could've played Tom. 3) Alex Haley's father looks like a cross between A Phillip Randolph and Charles Drew.....!
What a shame the pictures didn't have dates. It's most fasinating!