Best Selling Books by Alex Haley

구두닦이, 양아치, 강도, 웨이터, 마약밀매꾼, 뚜장이 등 밑바닥 생활에서 몸을 일으켜 흑인혁명의 가장 활동적인 지도자가 된 말콤 엑스의 감동적 일대기. 이 책은 단지 그의 일대기임을 넘어 인간해방을 위한 투철한 싸움의 기록이며, 미국뿐 아니라 전세계의 억압받는 자들에게 던지는 준엄한 유서이다. 전2권.

No man has confronted the origins of black America more tangibly than this blackk writer -- nor has on man felt more personally their signifigance.

Continuation of the chronicle of Alex Haley''s family history, covering from 1882 through the 1970''s. Part 1 of a seven part series, picks up where Roots ends. Although free, the family is not treated equally; Jim Crow laws are on the rise. Tom Harvey, now the familial head, has opened a school and is pressed by ex-Confederate Col. Warner to close it when Warner''s son falls in love with the schoolmarm. But Tom know education can help break the chains of second-class citizenship.

Presents an account of events leading up to an occurring during the American Revolution.

Forfatteren har sporet sin familie syv generationer tilbage og beretter om dens liv i Afrika og slaveri i USA og tegner derigennem et rids af de amerikanske negres historie