Roots Revisited: PBS Series Takes Black Americans Back to the Motherland
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 8, 2024
Actress Whoopi Goldberg, featured in African American Lives, premiering on PBS
In celebration of Black History Month, PBS will debut African American Lives on Wednesday, February 1, 2006. The four-part series, a co-production of Thirteen/WNET New York and Kunhardt Productions, traces the family trees of an accomplished group of African Americans, including actress Whoopi Goldberg, television host Oprah Winfrey, actor Chris Tucker, former astronaut Mae Jemison and neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson, among others. The series producers are Leslie Asako Gladsjo and Jesse Sweet, and the senior producers are . . .
