my name means stay put. but it don t mean stay a slave. as a 19-year-old kid, roots 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. them is free. is free, honey. one of the reasons that
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
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, roots 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
story. 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, roots 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
it s not just black america s story. 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, roots was my first job. we re not children. we re very close to being men. what s your name? kunta. kunta kinte. the character that i got to portray in roots, kunta kinte the adult, 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