This poignant and powerful narrative tells the dramatic story of Kunta Kinte, snatched from freedom in Africa and brought by ship to America and slavery, and his descendants. Drawing on the oral traditions handed down in his family for generations, the author traces his origins back to the seventeen-year-old Kunta Kinte, who was abducted from his home in Gambia and transported as a slave to colonial America. In this account Haley provides an imaginative...

Haley traces his father's family this time, a story that begins in Ireland with his white great-great-grandfather who comes to American and makes his fortune.

The controversial leader of the Black Muslims tells the story of his life and his part in the civil rights movement

Relates events in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, childhood which sowed the seeds for his activism for equal rights for people, regardless of their color.

A biography of the Zapotec Indian who grew up to become the President of Mexico and lead his country in a war for independence.

Story of how Chinese and Chinese Americans begin the New Year with a celebration and new start.

Tells the story of an African slave sold to colonial America and his descendants.

Screen version of the life of Malcolm X, who through his religious conversion to Islam, found the strength to rise up from a criminal past to become an influential civil rights leader.

The controversial leader of the Black Muslims tells the story of his life and his part in the civil rights movement