“Just as a tree deprived of its roots withers and dies, a people without history and cultural roots also become a dead people.”
Malcolm x
Researching and studying the powerful work of our great Black historians is essential to the cultural rehabilitation of the Black mind and the reconstruction of African communities. Historians such as James Spady, Cheikh Anta Diop, Dr.Yusef-Ben Jochannan, Drusilla Dungee Houston, Ishakamusa Barashango, Carter G. Woodson, John Henrik Clarke, and J.A. Rogers, have made great sacrifices to unfold the glorious history of Black people around the world.
As our historians continue to help define us and give examples of our triumphs, victories, defeats, accomplishments, and challenges, we must never become discouraged about the fact that many of us may not be aware of our direct line of ancestry as it relates to lineage from the continent of Africa or any other ancestral geographical land base.
Author Alex Hailey’s grandmother used to tell him stories about their family that went back to her grandparents and their grandparents down through the generations from Mother Africa. Her stories would eventually develop into a powerful book and 1977 television mini-series called ROOTS. The impact of Hailey’s book started a broader conversation about Black roots
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