The groundbreaking 1977 miniseries Roots and its powerful characters have returned to the spotlight, as a remake of the series will be simulcast across History, A&E, and Lifetime, over four ...

The 34th annual The Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival was held Saturday in the grounds of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. Robin Monroe and her grandson Noah Maura, 4, dance to the music ...

Election Day 2020 was always going to be a weird one, but I don’t think anyone could have predicted “Star Trek actor scolds former-SportsCenter host for comparing the reality show president to a ...

'Roots: The Saga of an American Family.' (NOLA.com ) In an opening scene of John Singleton's 1991 classic film "Boyz n the Hood," a young Doughboy can't believe Furious Styles is going to make his ...

Roots (9 p.m., A&E, Lifetime and History Channels) – This 8-hour miniseries – a remake of the 1977 series, based on the Alex Haley novel – begins in Gambia in 1750 as Omoro Kinte and his wife, Binta, ...

BANJUL, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The descendants and the home village of the enslaved Kunta Kinte from Gambia have been economically benefiting from his historical legacy through booming tourism in Jufureh ...