There was a great deal of inbreeding between the Indians and the slaves. Genetically speaking, black people are some part black, some part European.
Alex HaleyI know that statistically, it has been proven that there is a tremendous amount of black on black crime within the inner cities.
Alex HaleyI acknowledge immense debt to the griots [tribal poets] of Africa - where today it is rightly said that when a griot dies, it is as if a library has burned to the ground.
Alex Haley