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ALEX HALEY QUOTE, TONY BROWN, HOST INTRODUCES THEME OF SHOW, TALKS ABOUT KUNTA KENTE AND ROOTS

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ALEX HALEY SPEAKS ABOUT HIS GRANDMOTHER, FAMILY TREE, LEARNING AFRICAN WORDS, (CUT WITH CLIPS OF AFRICANS) ANGLICIZED NAMES, KENTE, LOSS OF NATIVE LANGUAGE. STORY OF BEING CAPTURED AND SOLD INTO SLAVERY

JAMES WALKER, NERDY LOOKING BLACK GENEALOGIST AT NATIONAL ARCHIVES, WEARING STEWART PLAID SUIT AND TIE, DEFINES GENEALOGY AND TALKS ABOUT SEARCHING FOR BLACK ANCESTORS, CHURCH RECORDS

TONY BROWN TALKS ABOUT THE PASTIME OF GENEALOGY FOR WHITE AND BLACKS, TALKS ABOUT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

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CLIPS OF BLACK AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE 1970S. VO ALEX HALEY TALKS ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY. 1970S FASHIONS, GREAT STREET SCENES OF BLACK PEOPLE IN THE CITY, WALKING ON SIDEWALKS. SOME AFRICAN AMERICANS WELL-DRESSED, SOME IN FUNKY STYLE. SOME AFRICAN-INSPIRED, AFROCENTRIC FASHIONS.

ALEX HALEY AND TONY BROWN CONTINUE TALK, ALEX TALKS ABOUT BEING A CONDUIT AND FEELING RESPONSIBLE

HALEY TELLS STORY ABOUT TRAVELING BY SHIP OUT OF AFRICA AND STAYED IN THE HOLD TO TRY TO EXPERIENCE KENTE'S LIFE. DESCRIBES HIS EMOTIONS, CONSIDERED JUMPING SHIP AND HE HEARD THE VOICES OF HIS ANCESTORS. GREAT STORY

TONY BROWN CONCLUDES SHOW, RECAPS THE ROOTS STORY

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