Roots
Part VII
Season 1, Episode 7 · Aired 1977-01-29
Synopsis
Chicken George returns to North Carolina to find his sons have married and started families - and to learn about a state law that says his status as a free man is forfeited if he stays more than 60 days. Meanwhile, the nation erupts in Civil War.
In the series
This episode is part of Roots (1977) on ABC.
Event television that forced a nation to watch — and talk — together.
Key cast
- LeVar Burton as Young Kunta Kinte
- John Amos as Older Kunta Kinte
- Louis Gossett Jr. as Fiddler
- Leslie Uggams as Kizzy
- Ben Vereen as Chicken George