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2. Roots: The Saga of an American Family - Wikipedia

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   Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century Mandinka, captured as an adolescent, sold into slavery in Africa, and transported to North America. It explores his life and those of his descendants in the United States, down to Haley.

3. Kunta Kinte - Wikipedia

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   Kunta Kinte (/ ˈ k uː n t ɑː ˈ k ɪ n t eɪ / KOON-tah KIN-tay; c. 1750 – c. 1822) is a fictional character in the 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by American author Alex Haley. Kunta Kinte was based on family oral tradition accounts of one of Haley's ancestors, a Gambian man who was born around 1767, enslaved, and taken ...

4. Comparison of genealogy software - Wikipedia

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   Genealogy software products differ in the way they support data acquisition (e.g. drag and drop data entry for images, flexible data formats, free defined custom attributes for persons and connections between persons, rating of sources) and interaction (e.g. 3D-view, name filters, full text search and dynamic pan and zoom navigation), in reporting (e.g.: fan charts, automatic narratives ...

5. Museum of Appalachia honors 'Roots' author Alex Haley: 'He ...

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   Known best for his 1976 Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece - coming up on its 50th anniversary since its release - "Roots: The Saga of an American Family," Alex Haley's literary legacy left a mark ...

6. Alex Haley - Wikipedia

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   Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) [1] was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers.

7. Henry Louis Gates Jr.: The Lasting Impact of Alex Haley’s “Roots”

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   Alex Haley’s landmark book began in Reader’s Digest, where he worked as a senior editor. Its impact is still being felt today. The post Henry Louis Gates Jr.: The Lasting Impact of Alex Haley ...