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Praise for Roots "The book is an act of love, and it is this which makes it haunting."--New York Times "A gripping mixture of urban confessional and political manifesto, it not only inspired a generation of black activists, but drove home the bitter realities of racism to a mainstream white liberal audience."--Observer "Groundbreaking"--The Associated Press "A Pulitzer Prize-winning story about the family ancestry of author Alex Haley...[and] a symbolic chronicle of the odyssey of African Americans from the continent of Africa to a land not of their choosing."--Washington Post Philadelphia Tribune, 6/7/16
"[A] landmark book."--Marian Wright Edelman
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"[A] landmark book."--Marian Wright Edelman
The extraordinary account of Alex Haley's own twelve-year search for his family's origins
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- PublisherDa Capo Press
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 030682485X
- ISBN 13 9780306824852
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