Roots: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Article thoroughly revised. Aug 14, 2026
Add new Web site: CORE - Trauma of Slavery: A Critical Study of the Roots by Alex Haley (PDF). Dec 23, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Roots of the problem: the controversial history of Alex Haley's book. Jul 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Routes: Alex Haley�s Roots and the Rhetoric of Genealogy. Mar 15, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Trauma of Slavery: A Critical Study of the Roots by Alex Haley. Jan 31, 2022
Add new Web site: "Roots" - The Book That Changed America. Sep 10, 2013
Add new Web site: UCLA' Journal of Cinema and Media Studies - Mediascape - Alex Haley�s Roots and Hyperreal Historiography. Sep 10, 2013
Add new Web site: UCLA' Journal of Cinema and Media Studies - Mediascape - Alex Haley�s Roots and Hyperreal Historiography. Sep 10, 2013
Add new Web site: "Roots" - The Book That Changed America. Sep 10, 2013
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Alex Haley. Jul 31, 2012
New article added. Sep 29, 2011
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