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Alex Haley

August 11, 1921 - February 10, 1992

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

    First published in 1861 63 editions in 6 languages — 12 previewable Cover of edition racines0000hale Cover of edition roots30thanniver0000hale Cover of edition rootshalerich Cover of edition rootssagaofameri0000hale_z9o2 Cover of edition isbn_9781435283053 Cover of edition roots00hale_0 Cover of edition roots0001hale Cover of edition roots0000hale_g0r4 Cover of edition roots0000hale
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  • Cover of: The Autobiography of Malcolm X: With The Assistance of Alex Haley

    First published in 1965 70 editions in 5 languages — 10 previewable Cover of edition autobiographyofm00xmal Cover of edition autobiographyofm00malc Cover of edition autobiographyofm00xmal_0 Cover of edition autobiographyofm0000xmal Cover of edition autobiographyof100xmal Cover of edition autobiographyof000xmal Cover of edition autobiogofmalcol00malc Cover of edition autobiographyofm0000malc Cover of edition malcolmxdieautob00xmal
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  • Cover of: The Oratory of Negro Leaders: 1900-1968 (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies)

    First published in 1970 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Making schools work: strategies for changing education

    First published in 1971 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Magazine Writer’s Workbook: A Worktext of Instruction And Exercises For The Beginning Magazine Article Writer

    First published in 1974 1 edition in 1 language
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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

    First published in 1977 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: From Freedom to Freedom: African Roots in American Soil: selected readings

    First published in 1977 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Author Speaks: Selected PW Interviews, 1967-1976

    First published in 1977 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: "Rūtsu" to watakushi: Alex Haley in Japan

    First published in 1978 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Movin' Up, Pop Gordy Tells His Story

    First published in 1979 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Raíces

    First published in 1979 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Roots/Teachers Guide

    First published in 1980 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: I sought my brother: an Afro-American reunion

    First published in 1981 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Uncle Sam must be losing the war: black Marines of the 51st

    First published in 1981 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Daufuskie Island: photographs

    First published in 1982 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Marva Collins' Way

    First published in 1982 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9780874775723
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  • Cover of: Alex Haley's Queen: The Story of an American Family

    First published in 1983 16 editions in 3 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition queenroman0000hale Cover of edition alexhaleysqueenshale00hale
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  • Cover of: Ethnic genealogy: a research guide

    First published in 1983 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Conversations with Roy DeCarava

    First published in 1984 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Tom Bradley: The Impossible Dream: a biography

    First published in 1986 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Biography, Juvenile literature, History, African Americans, Fiction, African American families, Biographies, Noirs américains, Afro-Americans, Family, Genealogy, Indians of North America, African americans, fiction, American literature, Blacks, Civil rights, Haley family, Readers (Secondary), Textbooks, Africa, African americans, biography, Alex Haley, Education, Familia Haley, Familia Kinte
Places
United States, California, Alabama, Massachusetts, Southern states, America, Andover, Barbados, China, Eastern Europe, England, Florida, Mallard residence, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Milford meeting house, New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State), Owl Creek Bridge, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Soviet Union, Spain, Tennessee, 20th century
People
Alex Haley, Haley family, Kinte family, Familia Haley, Familia Kinte, Haley (Famille), Kinté (Famille), Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Brently Mallard, Bridget Bishop, Devil, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Proctor, Ezekiel Cheever, George Herrick, George Jacobs, Giles Corey, God, John Hale, John Hathorne, John Proctor, Josephine
Time
20th century, 1692, 1861-1865, 19th century, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Revolution, 1775-1783, 1775-1865, 1812-1815, 1861-65, 18th century, 1929, 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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November 2, 2023 Edited by merge authors
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December 30, 2019 Edited by Tom Morris Add brief bio and remove redundant links
December 30, 2019 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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