Alex Haley
Author
Publisher
Vanguard Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, Roots, galvanized the nation, and created an extraordinary political, racial, social and cultural dialogue that hadn’t been seen since the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The book sold over one million copies in the first year, and the miniseries was watched by an astonishing 130 million people. It also won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National...
3) Roots
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Chronicles a black man's search for his heritage and reveals an epic panorama of America's past.
4) Roots
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of an African slave sold to colonial America and his descendants.
5) Queen
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
This fictionalized account of Haley's family follows the life of the daughter of a black slave and a white plantation owner in the late nineteenth century South.