Alex Haley

“When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.”

“My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel 90 feet tall.”

“Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.”