What was the most influential work of literature by an African-American writer?

Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"	7%	9 votes
Alex Haley's "Roots"	62%	78 votes
Richard Wright's "Native Son"	5%	7 votes
Lorraine Hansberry's "Raisin in the Son"	4%	6 votes
Toni Morrison's "Beloved"	4%	6 votes
Alice Walker's "The Color Purple"	4%	6 votes
James Baldwin's "Go Tell It On The Mountain"	3%	4 votes
Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man"	7%	9 votes
125 total votes