#alexhaley — Public Fediverse posts
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Discover how the book and TV miniseries Roots became a cultural phenomenon that has shaped our understanding of heritage, race, identity, and family for fifty years. -> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #RememberingRoots #Edelweiss #BroadleafBooks #Television #AlexHaley #TVStudies #ARCReview
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Blind Al (#LeslieUggams) from Deadpool was Kizzy from Roots...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075572
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#tv #blacktv #greattv #blackactors #blackwomen #the92percent #LeVarBurton #JohnAmos #LouisGossettJr #OliviaCole #MadgeSinclair #BenVereen #GeorgStanfordBrown #blackbritish #blackhistory #alexhaley #blackmastodon
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Tonight in 1977 — ROOTS debuted on ABC.
LeVar Burton led an all-star cast in this Emmy-winning miniseries based on Alex Haley’s best-selling book.
The finale remains one of the most-watched, non-sports broadcasts in TV history.
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@cattykatt the "only people" telling you racism was bad was Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers???? #MartinLutherKing #JesseJackson #JimmyCarter #Maud #TheJeffersons #AlexHaley #JFK #BobbyKennedy #LBJ #GloriaSteinem #KennethGibson #MississippiBurning #ShirleyChisholm #AndrewYoung #MarianWrightEdelman #TomBradley #AffirmativeAction #MuhammadAli ...stopping there, but you get my point Lots of folks were saying it was bad, you weren't listening
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Come un fulmine a ciel sereno, nella notte tra il 9 e il #10settembre ci colpisce la notizie della morte di #jamesearljones, noto per aver dato la voce a #DarthVader, #Mufasa e il volto al Re di #Zamunda e #AlexHaley in #Radici
Per dettagli: https://www.bufale.net/e-morto-james-earl-jones-re-di-zamunda-voce-storica-di-darth-vader-e-molti-altri/
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There are several iconic works that I find myself compelled to revisit at this time of year. I first read The Autobiography of #MalcolmX: As Told to #AlexHaley when I was 14, and it changed my life. "By any means necessary" resonated more with me than "We shall overcome" as I observed the injustices around me. And the #BPP's "Power to the People" — a phrase I first encountered via #PublicEnemy, lead me to want to learn more about #BobbySeale, #HueyNewton, and the Party...