Kunta Kinte
The story of Kunta Kinte was popularized in Alex Haley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book Roots and its subsequent TV miniseries of the same name. Kinte’s story became so widespread that an island was named after him in the Gambia. While Kinte’s story may have had a strong impact on history, not all of the details appear to be true. Haley’s sources do not match up with history, leaving the story with several false pretenses.
Kunta Kinte
Pythagoras
Meet Pythagoras, the man responsible for the Pythagorean Theorem. While Pythagoras is a staple in the mathematical world, there are many people who discredit his existence. Historians do not have any proof that Pythagoras wrote anything down, making it hard to give him credit for his work. Historians also question his existence due to the time period in which he supposedly worked, as not many people were working with celestial spheres until later on in the era.
Pythagoras