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    Finding Oprah's Roots: Finding Your Own
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    Finding Oprah's Roots: Finding Your Own

    Written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

    Narrated by Dominic Hoffman

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    About this audiobook

    "Before I have a big meeting or decision to make," says Oprah Winfrey, "I go and I sit with the ancestors. Literally, I go and sit in my closet and I say their names. I just say their names so that when I walk into the space, I don't walk alone."

    This audiobook will help millions of African Americans never again to walk alone.
    What's more, it will show people of all races what the story of Oprah's ancestors teaches-the legacy one generation bequeaths another, how who we are is startlingly influenced by the paths our ancestors have trod, and the extraordinary impact that even the most humble among us can have on future generations through the simple process of building a life for our loved ones.
    In FINDING OPRAH'S ROOTS, prominent African American scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., shines a brilliant searchlight into the dark shadows that have enveloped African American ancestry. By assembling an elite team of historians and geneticists in coordination with PBS and using Oprah and her forebears as his chief example, Gates unveils a process akin to resurrection. FINDING OPRAH'S ROOTS will not only endow listeners with a new appreciation for the key contributions made by history's unsung but also equip them with the tools to connect to pivotal figures in their own past.
    For Oprah, the path back to the past was emotion-filled and profoundly illuminating, connecting the narrative of her family to the larger American narrative and "anchoring" her in a way not previously possible. For the listener, FINDING OPRAH'S ROOTS offers the possibility of an equally rewarding experience.


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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 6, 2007
    ISBN9781415939154
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    Finding Oprah's Roots: Finding Your Own
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    Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

    Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. An award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder, Professor Gates has authored or coauthored twenty-two books and created eighteen documentary films, including Finding Your Roots. His six-part PBS documentary, The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Program-Long Form, as well as a Peabody Award, Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, and NAACP Image Award.

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