Name: Chapter 3 -- World War I
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 25 min

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Alex Haley retires from the Coast Guard and pursues his career as a freelance writer; a visit to Henning re-ignites his interest in discovering his roots.

Roots: The Next Generations

Chapter 7 -- The 1960s

After dropping out of college and joining the Coast Guard, Alex meets and marries Nan Branch; he re-enlists and begins his writing career.

Chapter 6 -- Postwar

Alex Haley learns his family history from his grandfather.

Chapter 5 -- World War II

In 1918, Simon Haley enlists in the Army and sees action in France; upon his return to the United States, he and Bertha leave Henning to attend school in the North.

Chapter 4 -- The Great Depression

Will's daughter Bertha becomes the first of Kunta Kinte's descendants to go to college, where she meets the young and ambitious Simon Haley.

Chapter 3 -- World War I

Tom's daughter Cynthia marries Will Palmer, a lumberyard laborer who eventually takes over the business when its hard-drinking owner loses control.

Chapter 2 -- Turn of the 20th Century

Alex Haley's saga of a black American family resumes in 1882 Henning, Tenn., with blacksmith Tom Harvey as the family patriarch. This episode: Black schoolteacher Carrie Barden marries Jim Warner, white son of the town's leading citizen.

Chapter 1 -- 1880s

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