Haley, Alex.
Summary: A family saga centered on an African-American matriarch whose husband was shot for stealing. It follows her descendants as they fight World War II, march for civil rights, join the Black Panthers and help develop Africa.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1998
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Summary: Alex Haley traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. He follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boy's abduction to America and continued throughout the generations that followed.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America/Sound library 2007
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Summary: A sophomore at Princeton in 1955, southerner Fletcher Randall meets a group of Quaker Friends and eventually becomes involved in the Underground Railroad.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1988
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Summary: The fictionalized saga of Haley's father's family, sequel to Roots.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1993
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Summary: This poignant and powerful narrative tells the dramatic story of Kunta Kinte, snatched from freedom in Africa and brought by ship to America and slavery, and his descendants. Drawing on the oral traditions handed down in his family for generations, the author traces his origins back to the seventeen-year-old Kunta Kinte, who was abducted from his home in Gambia and transported as a slave to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1976