Directors: Georg Stanford Brown; Charles S. Dubin; John Erman; Lloyd Richards

Writers: Sydney A. Glass; Ernest Kinoy; John McGreevey; Thad Mumford; Dan Wilcox

From novel: Roots by Alex Haley

Keywords: Drama, Slavery

Sequel to Roots (1977).

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Amos	Actor	27-Dec-1939		James Evans on Good Times
Georg Stanford Brown	Actor	24-Jun-1943		Officer Webster on The Rookies
LeVar Burton	Actor	16-Feb-1957		La Forge on Star Trek: TNG
Irene Cara	Singer	18-Mar-1959		Oh what a feeling
Chuck Connors	Actor	10-Apr-1921	10-Nov-1992	The Rifleman
Olivia de Havilland	Actor	1-Jul-1916		Gone With the Wind
Ruby Dee	Actor	27-Oct-1924	12-Jun-2014	The Jackie Robinson Story
Diana Douglas	Actor	22-Jan-1923	3-Jul-2015	Actress, mother of Michael Douglas
Ja'net DuBois	Actor	5-Aug-1945		Willona Woods on Good Times
Kim Fields	Actor	12-May-1969		Tootie on The Facts of Life
Henry Fonda	Actor	16-May-1905	12-Aug-1982	12 Angry Men
Alex Haley	Novelist	11-Aug-1921	10-Feb-1992	Roots
Lynn Hamilton	Actor	25-Apr-1930		Donna Harris on Sanford and Son
Dorian Harewood	Actor	6-Aug-1950		Full Metal Jacket
Telma Hopkins	Actor	28-Oct-1948		Rachel Crawford on Family Matters
Ernie Hudson	Actor	17-Dec-1945		Warden Glenn on Oz
Gerald McRaney	Actor	19-Aug-1947		Major Dad
Zakes Mokae	Actor	5-Aug-1935		The Serpent and the Rainbow
Lynne Moody	Actor	17-Feb-1950		Patricia Williams on Knots Landing
J. A. Preston	Actor	?		Allen Brooks on All's Fair
Bill Quinn	Actor	6-May-1912	29-Apr-1994	Mr. Van Ranseleer on Archie Bunker's Place
Beah Richards	Actor	12-Jul-1920	14-Sep-2000	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Howard E. Rollins, Jr.	Actor	17-Oct-1950	8-Dec-1996	A Soldier's Story
Richard Sanders	Actor	23-Aug-1940		Les Nessman on WKRP
Stan Shaw	Actor	14-Jul-1952		Snake Eyes
Madge Sinclair	Actor	28-Apr-1938	20-Dec-1995	Nurse Shoop on Trapper John
Marc Singer	Actor	27-Jan-1948		Beastmaster
Mel Stewart	Actor	19-Sep-1929	24-Feb-2002	Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Philip Michael Thomas	Actor	26-May-1949		Det. Ricardo Tubbs on Miami Vice
Richard Thomas	Actor	13-Jun-1951		John Boy on The Waltons
Leslie Uggams	Actor	25-May-1943		Roots

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