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[[image - black and white photograph of John Amos and female actress, scene from 'Roots']]
[[caption]]John Amos, as the adult Kunta Kinte, eases the burden of living in slavery a little when he marries Madge Sinclair in the fourth segment of "Roots," airing Wednesday, January 26. The ABC Television Network's 12-hour "ABC Novel for Television" presentation of "Roots" will air over eight consecutive nights premiering Sunday, January 23.[[/caption]]

[[image - black and white photograph, scene from 'Roots', with Cicely Tyson, Maya Angelou and baby]]
[[caption]]The shadows of slavery to come are not yet evident to darken the joy in the village of Juffure, West Africa, when the baby Kunta Kinte is born to Cicely Tyson (l.) while grandmother Maya Angelou (r.) watches over in the opening episode of "Roots," the ABC Television Network's 12-hour non-fiction "ABC Novel for Television" which airs over eight consecutive nights beginning Sunday, January 23.[[/caption]]

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