I was only 6 at the time, so don't remember details of the show, which I probably didn't actually watch, so much as remembering Roots being controversial in 70's Britain. As the adults around me were discussing it so animatedly, and it getting mentioned on other programmes including the news. I have a vague memory of the whipping scene from ads during other shows.
They remake everything nowadays, so a Netflix etc version of this story would be great, especially if it makes Laura Ingraham's head explode
I think this show, and TV shows like All In the Family, Hot L Baltimore, etc made me the lefty I am today. I think Roots and V for Vendetta should be required watching for middle schoolers. Thanks for writing this
Have you done Dr. Daurene Lewis: elected mayor of Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia in 1984 becoming the first Black Mayor in Nova Scotia and first Black female mayor in Canada.
Man, I remember what it was like to make arrangements with my teenage friends to get together in someone's parent's house, pleading with the parents so that they let us sit on collapsing couches (boys and girls together!!) in lousy basement rooms to catch the next segment. 8 nights? Holy, 5 of them were school nights! Who had a driver's license and could gather us all together? We didn't miss a single night, and I, too, was deeply affected.
I was only 6 at the time, so don't remember details of the show, which I probably didn't actually watch, so much as remembering Roots being controversial in 70's Britain. As the adults around me were discussing it so animatedly, and it getting mentioned on other programmes including the news. I have a vague memory of the whipping scene from ads during other shows.
They remake everything nowadays, so a Netflix etc version of this story would be great, especially if it makes Laura Ingraham's head explode
I think this show, and TV shows like All In the Family, Hot L Baltimore, etc made me the lefty I am today. I think Roots and V for Vendetta should be required watching for middle schoolers. Thanks for writing this
Have you done Dr. Daurene Lewis: elected mayor of Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia in 1984 becoming the first Black Mayor in Nova Scotia and first Black female mayor in Canada.
Man, I remember what it was like to make arrangements with my teenage friends to get together in someone's parent's house, pleading with the parents so that they let us sit on collapsing couches (boys and girls together!!) in lousy basement rooms to catch the next segment. 8 nights? Holy, 5 of them were school nights! Who had a driver's license and could gather us all together? We didn't miss a single night, and I, too, was deeply affected.