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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

Born August 11, 1921
Died February 10, 1992

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  • Cover of: The Autobiography of Malcolm X: With The Assistance of Alex Haley

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  • Cover of: Roots: The Saga of an American Family

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  • Cover of: Alex Haley's Queen: the story of an American family

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience

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  • Cover of: Reader's Digest condensed books: Volume 1 1994

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  • Cover of: Somerset Homecoming: Recovering a Lost Heritage

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices Timeless Themes: Bronze Level

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  • Cover of: Making Schools Work: Strategies for Changing Education

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  • Cover of: Mama Flora's Family: A Novel

    First published in 1998 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: All for the Better: A Story of El Barrio (Stories of America)

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    First published in 1992 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1992 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: They shall be heard: Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton

    First published in 1992 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1992 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Daufuskie Island: photographs

    First published in 1982 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1992 — 3 editions
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American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist

Born August 11, 1921
Died February 10, 1992

Subjects

Biography, Juvenile literature, History, African Americans, African American families, Fiction, Biographies, Noirs américains, Afro-Americans, Family, Genealogy, Indians of North America, African americans, fiction, Blacks, Civil rights, Education, Haley family, Africa, African americans, biography, 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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Alternative names

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

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November 2, 2023 Edited by merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
December 30, 2019 Edited by Tom Morris Add brief bio and remove redundant links
December 30, 2019 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import