Book
In search of our roots : how 19 extraordinary African Americans reclaimed their past
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Information
New York : Crown Publishers, c2009.
Physical 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.