The globally-renowned 1976 book “Roots” by Alex Haley, which spurred a broad awakening in African American genealogy and history and was voted as an official state book in 2024, has been banned in ...

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Alex Haley's book "Roots" is included in an updated list of book titles to be removed from Knox County Schools libraries. The schools previously removed other books from ...

"Remembering Roots: How an American Classic Transformed the World" By Lucas L. Johnson II (Broadleaf Books, 221 pages, $25.99) ...

In Alabama, maybe, or understood, perhaps, in Mississippi, but Knox County, Tennessee? Inconceivable. I was stunned to learn that the county near where I grew up and in which I lived three times ‒ the ...

The ban and eventual reinstatement of "Roots" has led to a host of community questions about the book banning process in Knox County Schools and what comes next in deciding which books stay on library ...

The landmark 1976 novel joins dozens of books by Black authors facing increased scrutiny and removal in schools nationwide. A Tennessee school district has banned “Roots,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

Following the decision to ban the globally renowned book “Roots: The Saga of an American Family” by Alex Haley in Knox County Schools last week, family and friends of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

Grandma's Boy -- The Cook Who Writes -- People on the Way Up -- The Fearsome Black Demagogue -- Marked Man -- Before This Anger -- The American Griot -- The Black Family Bible -- Pop Triumph -- Roots ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. By the early 1960s, Alex Haley had ...