Roots - The TV Series
Actor Leslie Uggams recalls the TV series that changed views on African-American history, plus peace comes to El Salvador, the murder of Hrant Dink, and Dungeons and Dragons.
The epic mini-series about slavery in the US hit TV screens in January 1977. We hear from actor Leslie Uggams, who played the character Kizzy, recalling how "Roots" revolutionised perceptions about African-American history. Plus: when peace deal ended El Salvador's brutal civil war, the murder of prominent Turkish Armenian journalist, Hrant Dink, life in the world's largest refugee camp, and how Dungeons and Dragons came about.
(Photo: Actors LeVar Burton, Todd Bridges and Robert Reed in Roots. Credit: Alamy)
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