2009, ISBN: 0307382400

[EAN: 9780307382405], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Crown], Biography & Autobiography|General, History|United States |General, Social Science|Ethnic Studies|African-American Studies, Jac… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780307382405], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Crown], Biography & Autobiography|General, History|United States |General, Social Science|Ethnic Studies|African-American Studies, Jacket, Unlike most white Americans who, if they are so inclined, can search their ancestral records, identifying who among their forebears was the first to set foot on this country%u2019s shores, most African Americans, in tracing their family%u2019s past, encounter a series of daunting obstacles. Slavery was a brutally efficient nullifier of identity, willfully denying black men and women even their names. Yet, from that legacy of slavery, there have sprung generations who%u2019ve struggled, thrived, and lived extraordinary lives. For too long, African Americans%u2019 family trees have been barren of branches, but, very recently, 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. Those whose recovered pasts collectively form an African American %u201Cpeople%u2019s history%u201D of the United States include celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Rock, Don Cheadle, Chris Tucker, Morgan Freeman, Tina Turner, and Quincy Jones; writers such as Maya Angelou and Bliss Broyard; leading thinkers such as Harvard divinity professor Peter Gomes, the Reverend T. D. Jakes, neurosurgeon Ben Carson, and sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot; and famous achievers such as astronaut Mae Jemison, media personality Tom Joyner, decathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and Ebony and Jet publisher Linda Johnson Rice. More than a work of history, In Search of Our Roots is a book of revelatory importance 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. For a reader, there is the stirring pleasure of witnessing long-forgotten struggles and triumphs%u2013but there%u2019s an enduring reward as well. In accompanying the nineteen contemporary achievers on their journey into the past and meeting their remarkable forebears, we come to know ourselves. From the Hardcover edition. Former library book. Mylar protector included. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear., Books<

2009, ISBN: 0307382400

[EAN: 9780307382405], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Crown], Jacket, Unlike most white Americans who, if they are so inclined, can search their ancestral records, identifying who among th… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780307382405], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Crown], Jacket, Unlike most white Americans who, if they are so inclined, can search their ancestral records, identifying who among their forebears was the first to set foot on this country%u2019s shores, most African Americans, in tracing their family%u2019s past, encounter a series of daunting obstacles. Slavery was a brutally efficient nullifier of identity, willfully denying black men and women even their names. Yet, from that legacy of slavery, there have sprung generations who%u2019ve struggled, thrived, and lived extraordinary lives. For too long, African Americans%u2019 family trees have been barren of branches, but, very recently, 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. Those whose recovered pasts collectively form an African American %u201Cpeople%u2019s history%u201D of the United States include celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Rock, Don Cheadle, Chris Tucker, Morgan Freeman, Tina Turner, and Quincy Jones; writers such as Maya Angelou and Bliss Broyard; leading thinkers such as Harvard divinity professor Peter Gomes, the Reverend T. D. Jakes, neurosurgeon Ben Carson, and sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot; and famous achievers such as astronaut Mae Jemison, media personality Tom Joyner, decathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and Ebony and Jet publisher Linda Johnson Rice. More than a work of history, In Search of Our Roots is a book of revelatory importance 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. For a reader, there is the stirring pleasure of witnessing long-forgotten struggles and triumphs%u2013but there%u2019s an enduring reward as well. In accompanying the nineteen contemporary achievers on their journey into the past and meeting their remarkable forebears, we come to know ourselves. From the Hardcover edition. Former library book. Mylar protector included. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item., Books<

2009, ISBN: 9780307382405

Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, … Mehr…

Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale, 2009, 3<

2009, ISBN: 0307382400

[EAN: 9780307382405], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Crown Publishing Group, The], Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, averag… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780307382405], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Crown Publishing Group, The], Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Books<