European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine the million set of bum near lot Angeles for roots the Rexf hew roots by Jerry blk associated press walk Down the Village Street and its easy to Belleve its 1882 theres the livery and the Grain store where the towns White men gathered around the Bootleg bar in the Back to gossip theres the to painted House where Alex 5521 Tom lived from the Ead of the civil War unto his across the under is his Stert it we on this porch that Haley first heard of Toie and Camby belongs and set out on a search wit turned into that remarkable genealogical detective Story of a Black american the gave non on Abc in january wj7 broke All to viewing the Street is hot and the Village is alive with the smells of horse Grain and old wagons even by teamsters creak through a woo burning locomotive rests under a Grove of Oak the million built on a Slaey studios Golden Oak ranch la Placer la Cuyala Northeast of los an Teles for the next u one of the ism remarkable Ever Lor him project As much As Haleys ancestors and the townsfolk of Hen the set will be a living character in the new 12hour for until filming is finished in the will change and grow mid adapt to the modern As it Ages from one primary reason we selected this site was the Oak Tennessee la very says Stan producer for Wolper productions and Warner played by Richard will Many the towns Black because the town will age and change with each the series is being la Ltd id toe town will be Central to the tint three two boor Iben secondary As Haleys family branches out from later scenes will take place in new Al Obama and where Haleys father ought in world War we could never have achieved this look on a studio Back Macgiehan we have space to grow and we have the luxury of the vacant we can shoot the train coming to the depot without divorcing it from the rest of the we walked Down the past the Edge of town to the one of toe ten n Southern California you dont see Cactus and eucalyptus led tour of the town with Art director Bob who designed this As he Points out the Margulies we  find any actual photographs or drawings from the u was built entirely of Wood was burned four but from studying other towns of toe period and from Alexs voluminous i wok we have what is a fair it to not just a Street of false facades every building is so it is possible to film All around the buildings even we stopped in front of the imposing victorian italia n Ron o e a Post Home of the towns leading White v Henry Fonda and Olivia hewing coloured methodist episcopal actors Georg Stanford Brown and Lynn the Only characters continued from the first Are filming a they play Haleys b the Church was the first building in says it was built with Loving care by Alexs great Grandfather and in still exists in Henning today 1ori5in81a was of scrap lumber and the inside is dappled by sunlight filtering through the Aingie Margulies says when Haley visited toe set he plated oat the Pew where he used sit with his boy Hood George this town is a Central Margulies says but no one is going to tune in to see the for me the major Point of the a hours is that its a continuing its what i wanted to do but there lust want enough time to Tell All the h the theme of the first series was the struggle for the theme for this is the struggle or Equality its a Margulies says its possible the second series could run More than 12 the later episodes Are still being we dont know How much time it will take to Tell Alexs his life is divided into two before Rood and the part that begins with his search for his an they Are filming a scene where Georg Stan Ford Brown erects a memorial to the graveyard to his Chicken most of the performers Are Black Aad so Are a urge number of the toc Ladlar Dae Matoura Are Aad so is pm of the directors selected so William is is a Middle class Black Margulies the stories weve in tee Vilon Haleys desire to be a col Tege professor is As big a grabber As a car our Proem to to present that in terms that will be As Wal h performers Richard Thomas and Fay Hauser Are both new to roots july 1978 i think a lot of people have made errors because they have either assumed that we were telling the Story of Blacks in America or a history of the Southeast United states and a history of racial thais All we re trying to do is Tell of one Black and most important from the Point of View of Blacks the stars and stripes Page 13