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Roots : the saga of an American family / Alex Haley.
Based off of the bestselling author's family history, this novel tells the story of Kunta Kinte, who is sold into slavery in the United States where he and his descendants live through major historic events. To quote from the introduction by Michael Eric Dyson: "Alex Haley's Roots is unquestionably one of the nation's seminal texts. It affected events far beyond its pages and was a literary North Star.... Each generation must make up its own mind about how it will navigate the treacherous waters of our nation's racial sin. And each generation must overcome our social ills through greater knowledge and decisive action. Roots is a stirring reminder that we can achieve these goals only if we look history squarely in the face."
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- ISBN: 0517208601
- ISBN: 9780517208601
- Physical Description: 688 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: 2000 edition.
- Publisher: New York : Gramercy Books, 2000.
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| General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1976. |
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| Subject: | Haley, Alex. Haley family. Kinte family. African Americans > Biography. African American families > Biography. |
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