![Roots' gets an update from History, which plans new version of 1977 miniseries starring LeVar Burton - New York Daily News Roots' gets an update from History, which plans new version of 1977 miniseries starring LeVar Burton - New York Daily News](https://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/C_D3LD_M0u13RG3H91c6878bRQ8=/800x1251/top/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/64VWC365TQZMRQYQ75HGHMFDYE.jpg)
Roots' gets an update from History, which plans new version of 1977 miniseries starring LeVar Burton - New York Daily News
![LeVar Burton and "Roots: The Saga of an American Family" author Alex Haley on the set of "Roots" in 1976 - 9GAG LeVar Burton and "Roots: The Saga of an American Family" author Alex Haley on the set of "Roots" in 1976 - 9GAG](https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/amPOPxX_460s.jpg)
LeVar Burton and "Roots: The Saga of an American Family" author Alex Haley on the set of "Roots" in 1976 - 9GAG
![LeVar Burton 在Twitter 上:"#ROOTS was my first professional audition. I was a 19 year old Theater major, @USC when I played Kunta Kinte. https://t.co/waXLFZd14L" / Twitter LeVar Burton 在Twitter 上:"#ROOTS was my first professional audition. I was a 19 year old Theater major, @USC when I played Kunta Kinte. https://t.co/waXLFZd14L" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsbzCehUYAYB7Fe.jpg)
LeVar Burton 在Twitter 上:"#ROOTS was my first professional audition. I was a 19 year old Theater major, @USC when I played Kunta Kinte. https://t.co/waXLFZd14L" / Twitter
![In Roots (1977), LeVar Burton plays Kunta Kinte, Madge Sinclair plays his wife Bell, and Ben Vereen plays his grandson Chicken George. In the Star Trek: TNG episode "Interface" (1993), LeVar Burton In Roots (1977), LeVar Burton plays Kunta Kinte, Madge Sinclair plays his wife Bell, and Ben Vereen plays his grandson Chicken George. In the Star Trek: TNG episode "Interface" (1993), LeVar Burton](https://preview.redd.it/em9jvhh5gc561.jpg?width=868&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1fda1f875e3de8bdd665c0fc5851b5c3ccdb1a13)