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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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Born August 11, 1921
Died February 10, 1992

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  • Cover of: They that go down to the sea: a bicentennial pictorial history of the United States Coast Guard

    First published in 1990 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1993 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1992 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1981 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1992 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1988 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1993 — 2 editions
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Born August 11, 1921
Died February 10, 1992

Subjects

Juvenile literature, Biography, History, African Americans, Biographies, Civil rights, Noirs américains, African American families, African americans, biography, Afro-Americans, American literature, Family, Fiction, Genealogy, Indians of North America, Slavery, Textbooks, United States, African American, Blacks, Children: Grades 2-3, Education, Educators, Esclavage, Ethnology

Places

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

People

Alex Haley, Haley family, Malcolm X, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Anne Marbury Hutchinson (1591-1643), Anzia Yezierska (1880?-1970), Arthur Miller (1915-), 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, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), Elizabeth Proctor, Evelina Antonetty (1922-1984), Ezekiel Cheever, Familia Haley

Time

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