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Uprooted: A Classic American Story Finds Itself on the Wrong Side of History

Alex Haley’s masterwork Roots turns 50 this year. But a school board’s move to ban the book has stoked outcry, including from family members like Anne Haley.

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Tennessee school district bans Alex Haley’s Roots under 2022 state law

With third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library shelves

The Guardian - US

Malachi Kirby: ‘Forest Whitaker held me. The cameras were off but I was shaking’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: After roles in everything from ‘EastEnders’ to ‘Black Mirror’, the actor is now going head-to-head with Stephen Graham in the second round of ‘A Thousand Blows’. He speaks to Annabel Nugent about channelling trauma, on-set therapists, and his funny side

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John Amos, father in groundbreaking sitcom Good Times, dies at 84

The TV patriarch, who also played the older Kunta Kinte on the mini-series Roots, died on 21 August, according to a statement from his son

The Guardian - US

LeVar Burton Confederate roots revealed

"What? Kunta got white ancestry?"

Salon

‘This celebrates a coming of age’: David Harewood on how Black American culture took over the world

The actor’s new documentary series salutes 50 years of African American creativity, from Sidney Poitier and Stevie Wonder to Beyoncé and Black Panther

The Guardian - UK

TV Tinsel: Here they are, my 10 favorite TV shows of all time

Every year when the Emmy nominations are announced they bring to mind not only the worthy shows of this year but those of the past. As a TV critic, one has to view the good, the bad, and the ugly. But occasionally you stumble on something great. And when that…

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