Records of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, 1973 -. Video Tape Programs and Worldnet Broadcasts, 1999 - 2009. Alex Haley, 1992.

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Records of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, 1973 -. Video Tape Programs and Worldnet Broadcasts, 1999 - 2009. Alex Haley, 1992.

1992

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77167572

The agency provided description reads as follows: This episode profiles contemporary African-American writer Alex Haley, who discusses his work, inspirations and thoughts on race relations in the US. He recounts his transformation from a college drop-out into a writer. Haley describes the dynamic collaboration which produced the "Autobiography of Malcolm X" and his personal quest for identity, which yielded "Roots."

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Haley, Alex, 1921-1992

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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 Auto...