To the degree the media have dared mention the suit they have buried the scandal at the heart of it: namely that the black author of a “nonfiction” book plagiarized from a fictional one written by a white author.
New 'Roots,' old lies
Exclusive: Jack Cashill explains fraud behind book now spawning 2nd mini-series
by Jack Cashill 5-25-16
Starting on Memorial Day Weekend, A&E
Networks will unleash a four-part, eight-hour production of “Roots,” a
revisiting of the 1977 mini-series based on the Alex Haley book of the
same name.
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Approaching 70 when “Roots” debuted,
Harold Courlander was shocked to read it. For the previous 30 years or
more, Courlander had been traveling the world collecting folk tales and
writing about his findings.
Courlander, who was white, wrote a novel titled “The African.” He had earned $14,000 for it. Less than 10 years later, Alex Haley flagrantly rewrote large sections of his book and made $2.6 million in hardcover royalties alone.
Courlander was not a happy camper. In 1978, he sued Haley in a U.S. District Court in New York for copyright infringement. The suit cited 81 passages that had been lifted from Courlander’s “The African” as well as the plot and certain characters. ...
Courlander, who was white, wrote a novel titled “The African.” He had earned $14,000 for it. Less than 10 years later, Alex Haley flagrantly rewrote large sections of his book and made $2.6 million in hardcover royalties alone.
Courlander was not a happy camper. In 1978, he sued Haley in a U.S. District Court in New York for copyright infringement. The suit cited 81 passages that had been lifted from Courlander’s “The African” as well as the plot and certain characters. ...
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