Papers, 1870-1991.

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...

Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998

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Teacher, writer. From the description of Reminiscences of Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander : oral history, 1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122526993 ...

Courlander, Harold, 1908-1996

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American farmer, historian, political analyst, anthropologist, editor, and author. From the description of Harold Courlander collection, [19--]. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70962497 Novelist and folklorist. From the description of The African ; a novel : typescripts, [1967?] / by Harold Courlander. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34491687 From the description of Analysis of Haley's plagiarism of The African : typescript (photoc...

Lear, Norman, 1912-

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