"One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, Roots galvanized the nation, and created an extraordinary political, racial, social and cultural dialogue that hadn't been seen since the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin." The book sold over 1,000,000 copies in the first year, and the miniseries was watched by an astonishing 130,000,000 people. It also won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Roots opened up the minds of Americans of all colors and faiths to one of the darkest and most painful parts of America's past.
Roots also fostered a remarkable dialogue about not just the past, but the then present day 1970's and how America had fared since the days portrayed in Roots. Vanguard Press feels that it is important to republish Roots: The 30th Anniversary Edition to remind the generation that originally read it that there are issues that still need to be discussed and debated, and to introduce to a new and younger generation of readers a book that will help them understand, perhaps for the first time, the drama and reality of what took place during the time of Roots.
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