Following the decision to ban the globally renowned book “Roots: The Saga of an American Family” by Alex Haley in Knox County Schools last week, family and friends of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

Haley Fitzpatrick, a St. Louis native and Webster Groves High School alum. She has a bachelor’s degree in geography and broadcasting from Northwest Missouri State University, complemented by a ...

With third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library shelves A Tennessee school district has banned Roots, the author Alex Haley’s groundbreaking novel ...

Knox County Schools in Tennessee is removing Alex Haley's 1976 novel "Roots" from its libraries. The removal is part of a larger ban that now includes 119 titles across the school district. Author ...

UPDATE: Knox County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jon Rysewyk announced Tuesday that the book will return to KCS school libraries immediately. KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Alex Haley’s book “Roots” is ...