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‘Roots’ Returns for the Black Lives Matter Generation

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LeVar Burton—the original Kunta Kinte—and the cast of the new Roots defend the controversial remake and explain the power of retelling the story for a new generation.

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On Night Two of the History channel’s retelling of Roots, there’s a scene in which a young black man—a slave—is attempting to run away from a plantation.

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