In search of our roots : how 19 extraordinary African Americans reclaimed their past / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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Language: | English |
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New York :
Crown Publishers,
[2009], ©2009.
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Physical Description: | viii, 438 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction: Family matters
- Prefatory notes on the African slave trade
- Maya Angelou
- Quincy Jones
- Morgan Freeman
- Tina Turner
- Peter J. Gomes
- Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
- Tom Joyner
- Benjamin Carson
- Oprah Winfrey
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Mae Jemison
- T.D. Jakes
- Linda Johnson Rice
- Kathleen Henderson
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
- Don Cheadle
- Chris Rock
- Bliss Broyard
- Chris Tucker
- How to trace your own roots
- Note on DNA testing methods.