Roots: The Next Generations

A follow-up to the most-watched miniseries ever. Twenty-five years later, Alex Haley, descendant of Chicken Georges dictates his family's tales.

Episodes

S1, E1

Part 1

Tom assumes the leadership of the black community in Henning, TN from his aging father, Chicken George. Tom establishes a school but trouble brews.

S1, E2

Part 2

Tom's daughter, Cynthia falls in love with a railroad worker who soon lands a job at the lumber company. Tensions meanwhile mount in Henning.

S1, E3

Part 3

Seventeen years later: Will prospers as the owner of the lumber company. His daughter Bertha goes to college where she falls in love with Simon Haley.

S1, E4

Part 4

Simon spends World War I with the 92nd Infantry, Colored, in France. On his return to the States, Simon and his buddies are greeted by a lynch mob.

S1, E5

Part 5

12-year-old Alex Haley learns his family history from grandfather Will Palmer. Simon Haley lands a professorship at an Alabama college.

S1, E6

Part 6

Alex Haley joins the Coast Guard after leaving college. He meets and marries Nan Branch before being sent to the South Pacific during WWII.

S1, E7

Part 7

Alex is now a successful magazine writer; his latest assignment: an interview with Malcolm X. He later writes The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

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