Roots: The Next Generations

Season 1 Episode 1: Part I (1882-1883)

Feb 18, 1979NR1h 39m6.9

It's now April 1882, 12 years later. Chicken George returns to live with Tom Harvey and his wife Irene. Tom travels to Memphis to attend a Republican convention but soon learns that his first class ticket for the train has little meaning...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Part I (1882-1883)

1. Part I (1882-1883)

Aired: Feb 18, 1979

It's now April 1882, 12 years later. Chicken George returns to live with Tom ...

Episode 2 Part II (1896-1897)

2. Part II (1896-1897)

Aired: Feb 19, 1979

It's now 1896 and Elizabeth Harvey returns home. Her father still bears a gru...

Episode 3 Part III (1914-1918)

3. Part III (1914-1918)

Aired: Feb 20, 1979

Will and Cynthia Palmer's daughter Bertha is off to Lane College, the first i...

Episode 4 Part IV (1918-1921)

4. Part IV (1918-1921)

Aired: Feb 21, 1979

With 8 soldiers hanged for staging a mutiny in the 24th Infantry, Bertha is w...

Episode 5 Part V (1932-1933)

5. Part V (1932-1933)

Aired: Feb 22, 1979

It's now 1932 and these are hard times during the Depression. A young Alex Ha...

Episode 6 Part VI (1939-1950)

6. Part VI (1939-1950)

Aired: Feb 23, 1979

It's now 1939 and 17 year-old Alex returns to home to Elizabeth City from col...

Episode 7 Part VII (1960-1967)

7. Part VII (1960-1967)

Aired: Feb 25, 1979

In October 1960, Alex attends his great-aunt Liz's funeral but he and his fat...

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Info about Roots: The Next Generations

Network: ABC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Drama, War, History, Biography

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