S1E4
Part 4
Roots: The Next Generations · 1979-02-21 · 60 min
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what happens
In a flashback of a military gallows in 1917 Texas, a group of black soldiers from the 24th Infantry, convicted for various crimes including mutiny, are hung. Fast forward to 1918 and the local church in Henning, Tennessee hears about the military's atrocities in a sermon, which frightens Bertha into imagining the same may happen to Simon. Meanwhile, Simon's 92nd Infantry are going through basic training but face many injustices at the hands of the locals in the Illinois town where their camp is located. Simon and his all-black company finally head overseas and fight valiantly in France under the command of a white Lieutenant. After a gas attack, the unit is taken to a hospital and then sent home after a brief period of R&R in France. However the now battle-hardened men face an escalation of racism, harassment, and violence, while the Spanish Flu rages throughout the country. Despite this, Simon and Bertha have a happy reunion and eventually marry, with intentions to move to Ithaca, New York so Simon can get his Masters at Cornell. They eventually return home from New York with a baby who they name Alex.
nobody has mapped this one
We draw an episode's shape from public discussion of it, and there isn't enough about this one to draw anything honest. Forty-five seconds with the dial and it has a curve.
rate S1E4 →who made it
- directed
- Charles S. Dubin
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Paul Koslo as Earl Crowther
Marc Singer as Andy Warner
Debbi Morgan as Elizabeth Harvey
Stan Shaw as Will Palmer
Irene Cara as Bertha Palmer Haley
Dorian Harewood as Simon Haley
Pam Grier as Francey
Rosey Grier as Big Slew Johnson