Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century Mandinka, captured as an adolescent, sold into slavery in Africa, and transported to North America. It explores his life and those of his descendants in the United States, down to Haley.

May 3, 2016 · Based off of the bestselling author's family history, this novel tells the story of Kunta Kinte, who is sold into slavery in the United States where he and his descendants live through major historic events.

Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a novel written by Alex Haley and first published in 1976. Roots tells the story of Kunta Kinte—a young man taken from the Gambia when he was seventeen and sold as a slave—and seven generations of his descendants in the United States.

May 3, 2016 · Millions have read the story of the young African boy named Kunte Kinte, who in the late 1700s was kidnapped from his homeland and brought to the United States as a slave. Haley follows Kunte Kinte's family line over the next seven generations, creating a moving historical novel spanning 200 years.

Roots: The Saga of An American Family Television Mini Series. Roots, a novel by Alex Haley, was published in 1976. It portrays the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent and sold into slavery in the United States, and follows his life and the lives of his alleged descendants in the U.S. down to Haley.

May 3, 2016 · Based off of the bestselling author's family history, this novel tells the story of Kunta Kinte, who is sold into slavery in the United States where he and his descendants live through major historic events.

Dec 23, 2024 · Roots, book combining history and fiction, by Alex Haley, published in 1976 and awarded a special Pulitzer Prize. Beginning with stories recounted by his grandmother Cynthia in Henning, Tennessee, Haley spent 12 years tracing the saga of seven generations of his family, beginning with Kunta Kinte,

Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, set during and after the era of enslavement in the United States. The series first aired on ABC in January 1977 over eight consecutive nights.

Roots is a book that mixes historical and fictional accounts to tell the story of an American family, beginning in Africa with Kunta Kinte’s capture by slave traders...

Feb 5, 2025 · Roots represents the African people who were enslaved and brought to America, and continuing with their lives as slaves for the white Massas, then the change after the proclamation of freedom, and the opportunities that Alex’s parents had that the previous generations did not have.