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Quotes from Roots : The Saga of an American Family — Alex Haley

1921–1992 United States

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When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand, nor can your hand pick up anything.

Roots : The Saga of an American Family (1976)

Early in the spring of 1750, in the village of Juffure, four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia, West Africa, a manchild was born to Omoro and Binta Kinte.

Roots : The Saga of an American Family (1976)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alex Haley (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.