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Roots is a groundbreaking story of history and family that spanned continents and touched generations. 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 more than one million copies in the first year, and the miniseries was watched by an astonishing 130 million people. It also won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

This pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole generation of scholarship. In it, Leila Ahmed explores the historical roots of contemporary debates, ambitiously surveying Islamic discourse on women from Arabia during the period in which Islam was founded to Iraq during the classical age to Egypt during the modern era. The book includes a new foreword by Kecia Ali situating the text in its scholarly context and explaining its enduring influence.

A podcast for uncloaking, learning, and exploring the tarot cards, Root Lock Radio is designed to be a course in tarot for beginners and tarot experts alike. By focusing on the systems of archetypes, symbols, elemental energies, and numbers that lie beneath the tarot, the podcast will help you to understand the tarot cards on a deeper level and in a more flexible way. Whether or not you believe in mysticism, my hope is that the Root Lock Radio podcast will reveal how the wisdom woven into the tarot cards can help us all to lead more mindful, balanced and fulfilling lives. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to SWIM ROOTS. Hosts Bryce Davies and Nicky Young share stories from the people who define the Culture of Open Water swimming. Athletes. Rebels. Dippers. Risk takers. Lifeguards. Adventurers. Pioneers. Community leaders. Pirates. We explore the Drive and Passion that draws each of us to the water, and celebrate the diversity of community. Misfits who share a calling.

Roots 2 Realities is a conversation about who we are, where we come from, and the lives we’re building in real time. Hosted by Kevin B the Brand and Shou the Vibe Enhancer, the show blends two perspectives to explore growth, culture, family, faith, relationships, business, and the experiences that shape us.Every episode feels like sitting in on a real, honest exchange the kind of conversation that challenges you, makes you laugh, and invites you to reflect on your own journey. Together, they connect the roots that formed them with the realities they’re navigating today.It’s grounded.It...

De La Roots is a space for meaningful conversations that explore the roots of our social and political challenges. With a focus on lessons, cultura, wisdom, and victories, the podcast amplifies BIPOC voices and stories that often go unheard. Each episode invites reflection, connection, and a deeper understanding of the communities that shape our world.Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/delarootsCategories: Politics, History, Social Issues, Culture, Mental Health, Holistic Wellness

Two world wars, the Civil Rights movement, and a Jheri curl later, Blacks in America continue to have a complex and convoluted relationship with their hair. From the antebellum practice of shaving the head in an attempt to pass as a "free" person to the 2013 uproar over an Ohio school that banned Afro puffs, the issues surrounding Black hair continue to linger as we move through the 21stst century.

By the Roots is a multi-topic podcast which conversationally addresses subjects such as social issues, psychology, environment and gender.There's a lot to consider on the surface, but we're curious about what's to be found by the roots!

Leading Binnizá and Maya Ch'orti' scientist Jessica Hernandez, PhD, weaves together Indigenous knowledge, environmental science, and personal family stories in her highly anticipated follow-up to the LA Times best-seller Fresh Banana Leaves. Not every environmental problem is a result of...

Root Words showcases stories of how food and agriculture connect us with our community and our landscape.Root Words is a collaboration between Vermont Farmers Food Center, Shrewsbury Agricultural Education & Arts Foundation, Shrewsbury Historical Society, WEXP, and many other community members. The project is based in Rutland County, Vermont.

The Roots of Military Science: Understanding the Intersection of Conflict, Mental Health and Wellness is about the psychology of conflict, the scars conflict leaves behind, and the generational healing that must follow. It is a plea for empathy, a call to learn from the past, and an optimistic blueprint for a future where the pen is mightier than the sword.

Eminent scholar Peter Irons makes a powerful and persuasive case that Blacks have always been held back by systemic racism in all major institutions that can hold power over them. Based on a wide range of sources, from the painful words of former slaves to test scores that reveal how our education system has failed Black children, this searing and sobering account of legal and extra-legal violence against Blacks peels away the fictions and myths expressed by White racists.

Most African Americans, in tracing their family’s past, encounter a series of daunting obstacles. Slavery was a brutally efficient nullifier of identity, willfully denying black men and women even their names. Here, scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., backed by an elite team of geneticists and...

When your roots are left unwatered, in the dark, childhood trauma can creep up on you unexpectedly in adulthood. But just remember, you’re not broken, you’re not too late. You’re just in repair.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/roots-in-repair--6798534/support.

Beware Euphoria uncovers the roots of America's moral obsession with drug regulation, offering a lively and fascinating history of the nation's racialized fear of intoxication. Challenging the idea that early anti-drug laws in the United States arose from racial animus, George Fisher instead shows in textured detail how United States drug laws were driven by a deep-seated cultural taboo against euphoria and a preoccupation with white moral integrity.

For years, father and son Robbie and Travis Trice have shared deep, honest, funny conversations about life, love, music, family, faith, and everything in between. Now they’re hitting record to preserve those moments for future generations. Robbie and his wife, lifelong musicians, have been married over 52 years. Travis is a husband, dad of three, and busy Realtor. Roots & Reflections is a tribute to legacy, connection, and the unfiltered, genuine conversations that shape us. And it's full of love - just like they're bond.

Roots and Wings is a podcast about growth — personal, national, and global. Hosted by Siva Bala Narayanan, a technology entrepreneur, father, runner, and spiritual seeker, the show explores what it means to live with clarity, contribute with courage, and grow in alignment with your purpose.From ancient wisdom to modern ambition, from India’s grassroots to the global stage, each episode invites you to reflect on your own story — and discover how it fits into a bigger one.Whether you’re building a company, raising a family, or wondering how you can contribute to India@2047, this podcast ...

Root + Rise is a space for embodied exploration, where rooting down and rising up happen together. Hosted by writer, mentor and consultant, Rohini Walker, this podcast invites you into the nuanced terrain of inner truth, interdependence, and the sacred relationship between land, body, and Self.Consider this an antidote to a world that wants you in a state of perpetual, unsustainable and disembodied urgency. Through depth, slowness and embodiment, we compost constricting homogeneity, embrace difference, and reclaim alignment with soul through rooting down and rising up.Find out more about ...

Beauty in a Box uses an interdisciplinary framework, engaging with African American history, critical race and cultural theory, consumer culture theory, media studies, diasporic art history, Black feminism, visual culture, film studies and political economy to explore the history of Black beauty culture in both Canada and the United States.

The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for Black motorists.