In the fourth and final chapter of History’s admirable Roots remake, Chicken George at last was able to return to the States. But any sort of a happy ending was still a long ways off for Kunta Kinte’s ...

The 33rd Annual Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival, which was scheduled to take place on Saturday, has been canceled due to heavy rain that is expected to arrive in the Annapolis area late Friday and into ...

John Amos, the actor known for his role as the family patriarch on the hit sitcom “Good Times” and the adult Kunta Kinte in the famed original miniseries “Roots,” has died, according to a his longtime ...

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 ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- The group that produces the annual Kunta Kinte Festival in Annapolis says the event will not be held this year due to budget shortfalls. The Capital reports the festival depends ...

(KUTV) LeVar Burton was a young man when he played Kunta Kinte on the miniseries "Roots." The show depicted an African boy kidnapped from his country and sold into slavery. "Roots" set ratings records ...

Loyola University presents Kunta Kinteh Island: Coming Home Without Shackles tonight. Ben Vereen stars in the film and will attend the screening. Vereen starred as Chicken George in the 1977 ...

Cast: Forest Whitaker (“The Last King of Scotland,” “The Butler”), Anna Paquin (“True Blood,” “X-Men”), Laurence Fishburne (“The Matrix,” “Black ...

Weather permitting, the 33rd Annual Kunta Kinte Festival is set to take place on Saturday at Annapolis City Dock and Susan Campbell Park. The festival will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Jan Lee, chair of ...

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 26 (UPI) --British actor Malachi Kirby has nabbed the role of Kunta Kinte in A&E's upcoming Roots remake. The special event series will follow the story of Kinte and his family as ...