On September 11, 1977, Quincy Jones won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special for his work on the groundbreaking miniseries Roots. The series, based on Alex Haley’s novel, became a cultural phenomenon and brought significant attention to the African-American experience. Jones’s powerful and evocative score was widely praised and contributed greatly to the impact of the show.
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