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At the Roots: Genealogy, Genetics, and Race in American Popular Culture
Description:
The growing interest in genealogy for African Americans is one expression of a longstanding desire to find answers to questions about ancestors, family, and heritage …
Year:
2015
Contributor:
Wilson, Miel Mason (creator)
Murray, Rolland (Director)
Rose, Tricia (Director)
Rodriguez, Ralph (Reader)
Brown University. American Studies (sponsor)
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theses
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genetic ancestry testing
black women
etiology
narrative
memoir
Roots
Alex Haley
Henry Louis Gates
Isaiah Washington
Rebecca Skloot
Henrietta Lacks
Thomas Jefferson
Sally Hemings
Strom Thurmond
Essie Mae Washington-Williams
African Americans
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Slave trade
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Women, Black
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Haley, Alex
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
Washington, Isaiah
Lacks, Henrietta > 1920-1951
Jefferson, Thomas > 1743-1826
Hemings, Sally
Thurmond, Strom > 1902-2003
Washington-Williams, Essie Mae > 1925-2013
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