{"product_id":"in-search-of-our-roots-how-19-extraordinary-african-americans-reclaimed-their-past-9781510747685","title":"In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new preface, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. \u003c\/b\u003ediscusses African-American immigration and ancestry in the context of the American political climate.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. Here, scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., backed by an elite team of geneticists and researchers, takes nineteen extraordinary African Americans on a once unimaginable journey, tracing family sagas through U.S. history and back to Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dr. Gates brings to life the recovered pasts of: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Oprah Winfrey\u003cbr\u003e Whoopi Goldberg\u003cbr\u003e Chris Rock\u003cbr\u003e Tina Turner\u003cbr\u003e Maya Angelou\u003cbr\u003e Peter Gomes\u003cbr\u003e Mae Jemison\u003cbr\u003e Quincy Jones\u003cbr\u003e Morgan Freeman\u003cbr\u003e Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot\u003cbr\u003e Tom Joyner\u003cbr\u003e Benjamin Carson\u003cbr\u003e T.D. Jakes\u003cbr\u003e Linda Johnson Rice\u003cbr\u003e Kathleen Henderson\u003cbr\u003e Jackie Joyner-Kersee\u003cbr\u003e Don Cheadle\u003cbr\u003e Bliss Broyard\u003cbr\u003e Chris Tucker \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e More than a work of history, \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Our Roots\u003c\/i\u003e is an important book that, for the first time, brings to light the lives of ordinary men and women who, by courageous example, blazed a path for their famous descendants. In accompanying the nineteen contemporary achievers on their journey into the past and meeting their remarkable forebears, we come to know ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gates, Henry Louis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781510747685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.40d","brand":"Henry Louis Gates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32749097746507,"sku":"9781510747685","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_913bd58f-6637-4220-9ff1-118383743499.jpg?v=1597780857","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/in-search-of-our-roots-how-19-extraordinary-african-americans-reclaimed-their-past-9781510747685","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}