The remake of Roots is giving us a richer look at Alex Haley’s family tree, and tonight was just the first chapter. Off top, the story seems a little fuller–more rounded out. This isn’t to say that ...

Burton, who famously portrayed Kunta Kinte in the television adaptation, got into the mix. Keith Olbermann received major backlash after he compared Donald Trump to a fictional Black slave from the ...

Keith Olbermann — formerly of MSNBC and ESPN — drew immediate condemnation Tuesday when he labeled President Donald Trump a “whiny Kunta Kinte” in a tweet. He later deleted and clarified his tweet. He ...

'Roots: The Saga of an American Family.' (NOLA.com ) In an opening scene of John Singleton's 1991 classic film "Boyz n the Hood," a young Doughboy can't believe Furious Styles is going to make his ...

The 34th annual The Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival was held Saturday in the grounds of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. Robin Monroe and her grandson Noah Maura, 4, dance to the music ...

Watching [The Root’s Editor-in-Chief] Henry Louis Gates Jr. delve into the ancestry of African Americans on PBS recently got me thinking about Alex Haley’s Roots, the book that started it all. Both ...

The 35th annual Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival celebrated African-American heritage Saturday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. Eric Davis, left, and Comacell Brown Jr. act as hosts on ...