(Hi.  I'm LeVar Burton.)In 1977 I got my first Emmy nomination for playing this ancestor of Alex Haley
... "On day 
one, my first day as a professional actor, Cicely Tyson is playing... [DOC] [TLE] Roots (TV Mini-Series 1977) - IMDb [PAR] Drama  A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta 
Kinte's ... With LeVar Burton, Todd Bridges, Robert Reed, John Amos.