In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past

by Henry Louis Gates

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Unlike most white Americans who can search their ancestral records, identifying who among their forebears was the first to step foot on this country’s shores, most African Americans encounter a series of daunting obstacles when trying to trace their family’s past. Slavery brutally negated identity, denying black men and women even their names. But from that legacy of slavery have sprung generations who’ve struggled, thrived, and lived extraordinary lives.


For too long, African Americans’ family trees have been barren of branches, but advanced genetic testing techniques, combined with archival research, have begun to fill in the gaps....Read more
  • ISBN10 1510720707
  • ISBN13 9781510720701
  • Publish Date 18 May 2017 (first published 27 January 2009)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Skyhorse Publishing
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 448
  • Language English