A "Roots" TV series for a new generation begins Monday night. Here's what some of the actors who star in the four-part event say about bringing this history to the screen in a remake of the 1977 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom "Good Times" and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries "Roots," has died ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Laurence Fishburne is joining the “Roots” miniseries remake. A&E Networks said Wednesday that Fishburne will play writer Alex Haley, whose novel about his African-American ...

This week, the History Channel aired its remake of "Roots," the iconic TV miniseries that originally aired back in 1977. "Roots" is the story of West African Kunta Kinte, who was captured and ...

Look for New Orleans’ Kelvin Harrison Jr. on the fourth night of “Roots,” the reworking of the 1977 ground-breaking TV miniseries.

Wolper's father, David, produced the original 1977 miniseries that was based on Alex Haley's historical novel. It was an Emmy-winner and TV sensation.