Roots: The Saga of an American Family (English Wikipedia)

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Haley, Alex (2007). Roots: The Saga of an American Family (30, annotated ed.). Vanguard Press. ISBN 978-1-59315-449-3. Retrieved February 23, 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

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Mills, Gary B.; Mills, Elizabeth Shown (January 1981). "Roots and the New "Faction": A Legitimate Tool for Clio?" (PDF). The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 89 (1). Virginia Historical Society: 3–26.

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(1977, February 19). "'Roots' Boosts Interest In LDS Genealogy Units", The Deseret News
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(1978, September 22). "Suit against Alex Haley is dismissed", United Press International.
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McFadden, Robert D. (1977, April 24). "Alex Haley Denies Allegation That Parts of 'Roots' Were Copied From Novel Written by Mississippi Teacher", The New York Times, p. 4.
Carmody, Deidre. (1977, April 19). "Haley Gets Special Pulitzer Prize; Lufkin, Tex., News Takes a Medal", The New York Times, p. 69.
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Hudson, Michelle (1991). "The Effect of Roots and the Bicentennial on Genealogical Interest among Patrons of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History". Journal of Mississippi History. 53 (4): 321–336. ISSN 0022-2771.
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