The history of African-Americans has been shaped in part by two great journeys.
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Young, Black, and Watching Roots
Roots, the novel by Alex Haley, appeared on bookstore shelves in 1976; the mini-series debuted to record audiences a year later. Unflinchingly honest, it launched a necessary discourse on the brutality of slavery and the way its repercussions continue to shape the lives of black Americans.
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Why I Africa: On Traveling The Continent As A Black American – KOLUMN Magazine
In the month and a half I’ve been in South Africa I’ve hung out in big cities like Cape Town and Johannesburg and driven through the desert of the Northern Cape.
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