TV show guide for Roots: The Next Generations. France is no cakewalk either, but Lt. With 8 soldiers hanged for staging a mutiny in the 24th Infantry, Bertha is worried about Simon. View production, box office, & company info. Miniseries. Meanwhile, Simon's 92nd Infantry are going through basic training but face many injustices at the hands of the locals in the Illinois town where their camp is located. With Debbi Morgan, Dorian Harewood, Paul Koslo, Stan Shaw. NETWORK ABC RATINGS 31.8 SHARES 48 Main Credits. While in the trenches, Simon learns that his father died on the operating table. Chapter four finds Simon Haley (Dorian Harewood) a willing volunteer in Uncle Sam's army, though black soldiers don't receive the same kind of reverence as the white boys. Will Palmer finds that the local draft board isn't applying the rules fairly to blacks. Criticizing the army during wartime isn't necessarily a safe practice however. Henning, TN, 1882: Kunta Kinte’s progeny live free, although the family isn’t treated equally. (Henning is about 48 miles north of Memphis, which is on the Mississippi River and in the southwest corner of the state, and which was then the largest city in it.) He meets and marries Nan Branch (DEBBIE ALLEN) before being sent to the South Pacific during WW II. A new chapter begins for the descendants of Kunta Kinte and their quest for full freedom in Roots: The Next Generations.Despite the abolition of slavery, the highly anticipated new world of opportunity fails to materialize for African Americans as another tumultuous century passes. One of Simon's fellow black soldier, Heywood, is badly beaten by a State Trooper and some in the platoon want to take revenge, but its Heywood who talks sense into them. Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 In a flashback of a military gallows in 1917 Texas, a group of black soldiers from the 24th Infantry, convicted for various crimes including mutiny, are hung. Check out the full list of winners. To add a video paste video url directly into your comment. This sequel to the 1977 miniseries is based on the last seven chapters of Haley's novel entitled Roots: The Saga of an American Family plus additional material by Haley. Home / Series / Roots: The Next Generations / Aired Order / Season 1 When available, episode names will be translated into your preferred language. Season 1, Episode 4 Unrated CC HD CC SD. After a gas attack, the unit is taken to a hospital and then sent home after a brief period of R&R in France. Criticizing the army during wartime isn't necessarily a safe practice however. Available on iTunes Georg Stanford Brown and Paul Winfield star in a 1979 miniseries. Lieutenant Hamilton Ten Eyck (1 episode, 1979) Mary Betten. 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