#RootsSyllabus offers suggestions to learn more about slavery in America Live
In reaction, Twitter users used the hashtag #RootsSyllabus to share books, articles and other resources for people to understand slavery and its impact on America.
If you have articles / books people should read to prepare for, process or respond to #ROOTS - pls share using #RootsSyllabus & #ROOTS
9:05 PM - 30 May 2016
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If I were teaching #Roots,
1. The Book of Negroes
2. Jubilee
3. Dessa Rose
4. Wench
5. A Mercy
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10:05 PM - 30 May 2016
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Seems like a good time to revisit Robert Hayden's "Middle Passage" #roots #RootsSyllabus https://t.co/93H6cvEuR5
10:03 PM - 30 May 2016
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Free PDF of Slave Narratives from the Library of Congress -> https://t.co/ou0BRICHr8 #RootsSyllabus #Roots
9:54 PM - 30 May 2016
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Tales of African-American History Found in DNA #Roots #RootsSyllabus | @scoopit https://t.co/64oaEOeeZK
9:42 PM - 30 May 2016
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Some novels for #RootsSyllabus: Margaret Walker's Jubilee, Lawrence Hill's The Book of Negroes, and Mat Johnson's The Great Negro Plot
9:34 PM - 30 May 2016
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9:32 PM - 30 May 2016
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10:16 PM - 30 May 2016
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#RootsSyllabus A Mercy, by Toni Morrison, which I have just finished and cannot stop thinking about.
6:08 AM - 31 May 2016
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The #RootsSyllabus must include the work of @DrJoyDeGruy. https://t.co/NiUVeKDPqm. @FeministaJones @dradambanks @RootsSeries @levarburton
5:22 AM - 31 May 2016
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Angela Davis groundbreaking 1972 article , "Reflections on the Role of Black Women in the Community of Slaves" #Roots #RootsSyllabus
2:13 AM - 31 May 2016
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Has anyone added "The Language You Cry In" to the #RootsSyllabus? Amazing story of a song like the one Fiddler chases in his head... #Roots
2:04 AM - 31 May 2016
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New Databases Offer Insights Into the Lives of Escaped Slaves | #ROOTS #RootsSyllabus @scoopit via @valsadie https://t.co/IZ4E0ypX9v
2:00 AM - 31 May 2016
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#RootsSyllabus meets #AfroFuturism Wild Seed (a novel) by Octavia Butler. My forever favorite. https://t.co/OG8ZFbBJZn
12:34 AM - 31 May 2016
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‘The Lynching’ examines the trial that sacked the Klan | #RootsSyllabus #Roots @scoopit https://t.co/dUk5l8qtbb
11:55 PM - 30 May 2016
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The story of a horrific #lynching as told by a man who shares the victim's name: @jessewashington
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11:47 PM - 30 May 2016
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Last one I swear: check out @werehist at https://t.co/qqO4Klaynb. Dozens upon dozens of articles on slavery #RootsSyllabus
11:08 PM - 30 May 2016
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The Underground Railroad Records is an 1872 book by William Still. Slavery from the mouth of runaways. Men, women, babes.
10:36 PM - 30 May 2016
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Check the hashtag for many more suggestions.
