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Bookmark or Share- Roots: The Saga of an American Family - WikipediaRoots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century Mandinka, captured as an adolescent, sold into slavery in Africa, and transported to North America. It explores his life and those of his descendants in the United States, down to Haley.
- Alex Haley— Alex Haley. As “the father of popular genealogy,” his timeless novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family, illuminates and humanizes America’s era of slavery and ultimately reflects the personal mantra visible in all his work: “In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.”
- Biography of Alex HaleyOn May 24, 1939, Alex Haley began his 20-year service with the U.S. Coast Guard as a mess-boy. He then became a third class Petty Officer in the rate of Mess Attendant, one of the few enlisted designators open to African Americans at that time.
- Alex Haley - WikipediaAlexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) [1] 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.
- Alex Haley ‑ Roots, Queen & Books - HISTORYAuthor Alex Haley (1921-1992) was best known for works depicting the struggles of African Americans. Raised in Henning, Tennessee, he began writing to help pass the time during his...
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