In search of our roots : how 19 extraordinary African Americans reclaimed their past /

In search of our roots : how 19 extraordinary African Americans reclaimed their past /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gates, Henry Louis, Jr
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Publishers, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
African Americans > Genealogy.
African Americans > Biography.
United States > Genealogy.
Africa > Genealogy.
Table of 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.