Left of Black S7:E12: The Legacy of ‘Roots’ -- 40 Years Later

The author Alex Haley with a young Levar Burton


Left of Black S7:E12: The Legacy of ‘Roots’ -- 40 Years Later
January of 2017 marked the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking television mini-series Roots. On this episode of Left of Black, historian Wesley Hogan discusses with host Mark Anthony Neal the enduring legacy of Roots, including the impact that Alex Haley’s text has on the field of oral history.  Hogan directs the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University.

Left of Black is a weekly Webcast hosted by Mark Anthony Neal and produced in collaboration with the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University and in conjunction with the Center for Arts + Digital Culture + Entrepreneurship (CADCE) and the Duke Council on Race + Ethnicity
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