(Hi.  I'm LeVar Burton.)In 1977 I got my first Emmy nomination for playing this ancestor of Alex Haley
[DOC] [TLE] Roots (1977 miniseries) - Wikipedia [PAR] Roots is an American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel, 
Roots: The Saga of an American Family; the series first aired on ABC-TV in 
January 1977.