Patricia Routledge and Leslie Uggams tie for Tony Award 1968

Patricia Routledge and Leslie Uggams tied for the Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, at the 22nd annual ceremony, April 21, 1968.

Routledge won for her role as Alice Challice in Darling of the Day, in which she starred with Vincent Price in his one and only Broadway musical.

Leslie Uggams won for her role as Georgina in Hallelujah, Baby!

Angela Lansbury and Peter Ustinov hosted the ceremonies. 

"Roots" premieres 1977

Alex Haley's groundbreaking and controversial mini-series Roots premiered January 23, 1977.  It became one of the most-watched series on television and its finale is still among the highest number of viewers for an episode.  The story is a dramatization of Haley's ancestral heritage from Kunta Kinte's capture and arrival in America as a slave.

It won 9 Primetime Emmys and a Golden Globe for Best TV Series - Drama.  Louis Gossett, Jr. won a Primetime Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama or Comedy Series, Single Appearance and Ed Asner won for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series, Single Appearance.

It received an additional twenty-eight nominations.  Among the nominations for Best Actor/Actress and Best Supporting Actor/Actress were LeVar Burton (Geordi LaForge), John Amos, Ben Vereen, Madge Sinclair, Leslie Uggams, Cicely Tyson and Sandy Duncan.