ROOTS at the White House
The White House hosted a day-long exploration of how we find our American stories along with a screening of History Channel’s “Roots”.
The cast and producers from HISTORY’s event series “Roots” – including Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker, Tony Award® winner Anika Noni Rose, Malachi Kirby, Co-Executive Producer and original Kunta Kunte LeVar Burton, Executive Producers Will Packer and Mark Wolper and Nancy Dubuc, President and Chief Executive Officer, A+E Networks.
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Video: ROOTS- LeVar Burton & Valerie Jarrett at the White House
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Remembering the original “ROOTS” 1977
https://dilemma-x.net/2014/01/30/roots-37-years-ago-the-finale-aired/
Dilemma X 
May 30, 2016
Africa, Educational, International, World culture/events