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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: Reader's Digest condensed books: Volume 1 1994

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  • Cover of: "A New Spirit, A New Commitment, A New America": The Inauguration of President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter F. Mondale

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American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist

Born August 11, 1921
Died February 10, 1992

Subjects

Juvenile literature, Biography, History, African Americans, Civil rights, African American families, Afro-Americans, Blacks, Education, Family, Indians of North America, Noirs américains, United States, Africa, African American historians, Alex Haley, Authorship, Biographies, Children: Grades 2-3, Ethnology, Familia Haley, Familia Kinte, Feature writing, Fiction, Gambia

Places

United States, California, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State), Southern states, 20th century, Alabama, America, Arkansas, Boston, Calif.) Chinatown (San Francisco, Chinatown, Chinatown (San Francisco), Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.), Daufuskie Island (S.C.), Everglades, Everglades (Fla.), Harlem, Japan, Little Rock, Little Rock (Ark.), Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)

People

Alex Haley, Haley family, Kinte family, Familia Haley, Familia Kinte, Haley (Famille), Kinté (Famille), Anne Marbury Hutchinson (1591-1643), Anzia Yezierska (1880?-1970), Betsy Ross (1752-1836), Bill Downey, Cesar Chavez (1927-), Cesar Chavez (1927-1993), Christopher Columbus, Dame Shirley (1819-1906), Dolores Huerta (1930-), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), Evelina Antonetty (1922-1984), Fred Korematsu (1919-), Fred V. Cherry, Jimmy Carter (1924-), John Muir (1838-1914), Junípero Serra (1713-1784), Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

Time

20th century, Revolution, 1775-1783, 1775-1865, 1812-1815, 18th century, 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