Roots television miniseries premiere

CTL-E-4185 · Event · other · 1977

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January 1977 ABC eight-episode miniseries adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots (1976); its depiction of Kunta Kinte jumping the broom with Bell reintroduced the rite to American popular consciousness (per scholar Tyler Parry).

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Also known as: Roots miniseries (1977)

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Alex Haley — initiated → this record
Jumping the broom — related to → this record

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tradmag.ca — 'Jumping the Broom and the Black Power Movement'

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