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In search of our roots : how 19 extraordinary African Americans reclaimed their past /
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| Author |
Gates, Henry Louis.
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| Call Number |
973.0496 GAT |
| Publisher |
New York : Crown Publishers, |
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Subject
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African Americans -- Genealogy.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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United States -- Genealogy.
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Africa -- Genealogy.
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| Title Statement |
In search of our roots : how 19 extraordinary African Americans reclaimed their past / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. |
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
viii, 438 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| 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. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN |
9780307382405 |
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0307382400 |
| LCCN |
2008011860 |
| Hold Requests |
0 |
| Bib No. |
1166665 |
