Roots dominates Emmys in longest ceremony history
Roots wins nine Emmys at a delayed three hour NBC ceremony in Pasadena. ABC leads with 27 trophies while NBC and CBS claim multiple acting and craft awards. Olivia Cole and Louis Gossett Jr. receive lead acting honors for Roots.
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Major winners at 29th TV Academy Awards
Los Angeles AP lists show wins across comedy drama and special categories. Notable victors include Gary Burghoff M A S H Kristy McNichol Family Louis Gossett Jr Roots Beulah Bondi The Waltons Carroll O Connor All In The Family Beatrice Arthur Maude Olivia Cole Roots Lindsay Wagner The Bionic Woman James Garner The Rockford Files Patty Duke Astin Captains and the Kings Diana Hyland The Boy in the Plastic Bubble and Sally Field Sybil and The Barry Manilow Special.
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Memphis girl Miss Black America chosen in Santa Monica
Claire Ford from Memphis won the Miss Black America title in Santa Monica after singing Everything Must Change. Mary Bentley of Indianapolis was second runner-up and won the talent prize for Lean on Me. Nina Maria Lucas of Dayton and Johndrea Whitmore were other runners-up. Valerie Althea Hines from Florence placed fourth. Pinkie Alexander of Boley won the Miss Positivity Award.
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Chicago protest leaves 4 hospitalized and 11 arrested
Eleven whites arrested in a Chicago demonstration against a voluntary school busing plan. Four hospitalized, three in serious condition after two separate vehicle incidents as cars tried to pass a crowded street. One black man, Michael V. Smith, 22, charged with reckless driving and related offenses.
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Today In History September 12 highlights
On this date 1944 American troops reached German soil in World War II. Baltimore defenses held in 1814 during the War of 1812. The National Prohibition Party formed in Chicago in 1869. Mussolini was rescued in 1943 at Lake Bracciano. MacArthur dissolved the Black Dragon Society in 1945. Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier in 1953 in Newport.
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