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Uprooted: A Classic American Story Finds Itself on the Wrong Side of History

Alex Haley’s masterwork Roots turns 50 this year. But a school board’s move to ban the book has stoked outcry, including from family members like Anne Haley.

Capital & Main · Jun 15

Tennessee school district bans Alex Haley’s Roots under 2022 state law

With third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library shelves

The Guardian - US · May 15

Malachi Kirby: ‘Forest Whitaker held me. The cameras were off but I was shaking’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: After roles in everything from ‘EastEnders’ to ‘Black Mirror’, the actor is now going head-to-head with Stephen Graham in the second round of ‘A Thousand Blows’. He speaks to Annabel Nugent about channelling trauma, on-set therapists, and his funny side

The Independent UK · Jan 10