“When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth. We all have it; it's a great equalizer.”
TIME interview (1977)
Context: When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth. We all have it; it's a great equalizer. White people come up to me and tell me that Roots has started them thinking about their own families and where they came from. I think the book has touched a strong, subliminal pulse.
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African American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist 1921–1992Related quotes
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