Originally Posted by ol_mike
Joken2 ,

Let me get this straight - an african american stole something ? Hard to believe .....


Per my earlier post quoted from Wiki -

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Courlander and Haley settled the case out of court for $650,000 and a statement that "Alex Haley acknowledges and regrets that various materials from The African by Harold Courlander found their way into his book, Roots." [5]