FROM THE VAULT: WGN’s Dean Richards interview with the stars of “Roots” on the series 45th anniversary back in 2022. Get Dean’s reviews and A-List interviews delivered right to your inbox.

the stern father on “Good Times,” which would make Amos a star. In a 2020 interview ... the adult version of the slave Kunte Kinte in the critically acclaimed 1977 miniseries “Roots,” which earned ...