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Alex Haley

American writer and author of the popular 1970s book Roots which was adapted into a record setting TV mini-series.

"The giving and getting, the sense of belonging and contributing to something larger than yourself, to something that began before you were born and will go on after you die, can make it possible for you to accept life in a way that makes you wish the whole world could realize how easy it is to feel as you do, and wonder why they don’t. That’s what having roots—and writing Roots—has done for me. I pray that reading it—and then reaching out for their families to join in a search of their own—will do the same for everyone." ~ Alex Haley (A Candid Conversation With Murray Fisher, January 1977)

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American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist (1921–1992)

Born August 11, 1921
Died February 10, 1992

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Photo of Alex Haley

American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist (1921–1992)

Born August 11, 1921
Died February 10, 1992

Subjects

Biography Juvenile literature History African Americans Fiction African American families Biographies Noirs américains Afro-Americans Blacks Family Genealogy Indians of North America African americans, biography African americans, fiction Civil rights Education Haley family Africa Alex Haley American literature Familia Haley Familia Kinte Fiction, historical, general Fiction, sagas

Places

United States California Alabama Massachusetts Southern states America Florida New York New York (N.Y.) New York (State) Spain Tennessee 20th century Andover Arkansas Barbados Boston Calif.) Chinatown (San Francisco Chicago China Chinatown Chinatown (San Francisco) Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) Daufuskie Island (S.C.) Eastern Europe

People

Alex Haley Haley family Kinte family Familia Haley Familia Kinte Haley (Famille) Kinté (Famille) Malcolm X Abigail Williams Ann Putnam Anne Marbury Hutchinson (1591-1643) Anzia Yezierska (1880?-1970) Arthur Miller (1915-) Betsy Ross (1752-1836) Betty Parris Bill Downey Brently Mallard Bridget Bishop Cesar Chavez (1927-) Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) Christopher Columbus Dame Shirley (1819-1906) Devil Dolores Huerta (1930-) Dorothy Spruill Redford

Time

20th century Revolution, 1775-1783 1692 1775-1865 1812-1815 1861-1865 1861-65 18th century 1929 19th century American Civil War Civil War, 1861-1865 Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 December New Plymouth, 1620-1691 To 1846

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  • Alexander Murray Palmer Haley
  • Alex HALEY
  • HALEY Alex
  • HALEY ALEX.
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