

Roots: The Gift
On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they attempt to reach freedom in the North.














14 August 1937, Malvern, Arkansas, USA

22 June 1956, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

10 May 1961, Springfield, Illinois, USA


5 February 1955

20 December 1944, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA


23 April 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA

22 June 1958, Wilmette, Illinois, USA



29 April 1955, Dubuque, Iowa, USA

20 November 1929, Dallas, Texas, USA


19 May 1942, Mississippi, USA

16 February 1957, Landstuhl, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany



January 18, 1976 in Mobile, Alabama, USA

9 April 1939, Washington, District of Columbia, USA


11 August 1921, Ithaca, New York, USA

2 October 1948, Evansville, Indiana, USA

25 November 1952, Detroit, Michigan, USA

15 September 1932, Grennville, Texas, USA

21 August 1929, Warsaw, Indiana, USA

27 May 1936, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
