Roots

An epic chronicle of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alex Haley's ancestors, brought to life in the acclaimed twelve-hour miniseries Roots, and first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. This docu-drama spans more than a century, tracing a path from mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa, to the post-Civil War United States. Debuting in 1977, the miniseries earned nine Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe, and a Peabody Award, and it remains the most-watched miniseries in American history.