Haley, Alex

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1921-08-11
Death 1992-02-10
Birth 1921-08-11
Death 1992-02-10
Gender:
Male
Americans African Americans,
English, English,

Biographical notes:

Author and journalist.

From the description of Martin Luther King, Jr., interview and correspondence, 1964-1969. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 213481499

African-American historian, author of Roots and co-author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

From the description of Alex Haley papers, 1967-1990. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122597731

From the guide to the Alex Haley papers, 1967-1990, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)

American author.

From the description of Dark Secret's last race : a drama in real life [manuscript], 1961-1963, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647860793

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. In the United States, the book and miniseries raised the public awareness of black American history and inspired a broad interest in genealogy and family history.

Haley's first book was The Autobiography of Malcolm X, published in 1965, a collaboration through numerous lengthy interviews with Malcolm X.

He was working on a second family history novel at his death. Haley had requested that David Stevens, a screenwriter, complete it; the book was published as Queen: The Story of an American Family. It was adapted as a miniseries, Alex Haley's Queen, broadcast in 1993.

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Subjects:

  • Horse racing
  • Horse trainers
  • American literature
  • African American authors
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Black author
  • Ciegos
  • African Americans

Occupations:

  • Author
  • Writer

Places:

  • NY, US
  • WA, US

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