This series continues the stories of the descendants Kunta Kinte, from his great-grandson Tom Harvey in 1880s Tennessee to a return to Africa in 1967 by his descendant, author Alex Haley. In the first episode Tom Harvey opens a school to combat Jim Crow laws; his schoolteacher daugher falls in love with a white man. Episode director John Erman; stars. Georg Stanford Brown, Henry Fonda, Richard Thomas, Ja’net DuBois. In episode two a literacy test is used to deny Tom’s right to vote, Lee Garnet is murdered and Bertha George, Alex Haley’s mother, is born. Episode director Charles S. Dubin; stars Georg Stanford Brown, Roger E. Mosley, Beah Richards, Stan Shaw. DVD includes English, French and Spanish subtitles. Warner Bros. Inc. Closed capt ioned.