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Roots

the Saga of An American Family : the 30th Anniversary Edition
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Feb 27, 2023Griffeth rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Published in a year when our country was tripping over itself in patriotic displays to honor its bicentennial, Roots serves as a parallel history, one that is no less expansive and crucial to the country we live in today. Alex Haley has…
Apr 21, 2022ryner rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Born in the mid-1700s into a Ghanaian village, Kunta had been warned time after time of the dangers of the toubob, pale men who would kidnap and steal you away if you weren't careful. He'd never seen a toubob yet, but suddenly one morning…
Dec 11, 2021
This book should be on the list of the most important books to be read if we want to end segregation and racism and to understand the meaning and importance of FREEDOM.
Jun 23, 2021Leo_Le rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Alex Haley, the author of this book, traced his roots back to Kunta Kinte. The book explains the story of each of Haley's ancestors, and how they faced discrimination and slavery. The story starts of with Kunta Kinte who is transported…
May 02, 2021jasdia rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
An excerpt from an article by widely-anthologized economist and social historian Thomas Sowell regarding this work: "It was not that “Roots” merely got some details wrong. It presented some crucially false pictures of what had actually…
Jul 19, 2019
Reading this/listening/watching the movie should all be required reading. This miniseries was more watched than the super bowl that year, 1976 (?)
Jul 11, 2019
I cried, I laughed, I was angry, I was elated, I was relieved, I was on an emotional roller coaster with this one.
Jun 29, 2016hamberger rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Reading Roots changed the way I view people and society. An important piece of American history, told with much emotion, this book should be required reading for all Americans.
Corey G Brooks
Jun 24, 2015Corey G Brooks rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
"After reading this I solidified myself as a 21st century genius."
nathanieltaylor11
Mar 06, 2013
What i think about this movie is son unexplainable because this movie shows everything black people went through, and how we suffered. We should have been treated better NO OFFENCE TO WHITE PEOPLE.
Jul 03, 2012
Alex Haley, as many people, thought.. where did I came from? A must read novel! based on his family's history, begins in Gambia, when Kunta is kidnapped to be sold as a slave. A 10 year research!
Feb 16, 2012KatrinaP rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
After reading "The Help" I remembered watching "Roots" as a mini series way back in what was probably the 1980's. I loved it then and was keen to track down the book. It's the story of the author's ancestor Kunta Kinte, his life in Africa…
Nov 14, 2011KVERBEEK rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I have never before read a book like this, that pricked every emotion I have ever felt - from light-hearted humor to revulsion and everything in between. It is one of my favorite books ever. I laughed, I cried, I even threw up at least one…
Sep 26, 2011
need to start on chapter 38
Aug 14, 2011owie07 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing. This book is amazing. I read it again every 5 years or so and love it each time. I connect to all the characters and miss them all when I am finished reading the book.
stargazer77
Jul 01, 2011stargazer77 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book changed the way I think about a lot of things, from slavery and racism to genealogy... it really made history come alive for me, and it made me feel so angry and disturbed at the way humans can treat other humans.
Oct 12, 2010melbl8tr rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Unfortunately, time has not been good to Roots and Alex Haley. Much of his work has been proven to be either plagiarised or wildly inaccurate. It is highly unfortunate because the novel and the TV series were magnificent when they first…