August 11, 1921:  African-American Writer Alex Haley Born On this day in 1921, the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family was born in Ithaca, New York.  Alex Haley’s novel inspired the Emmy Award-winning 1977 television series, Roots, starring LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte. Alex Haley is also known for his co-authorship of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, a memoir based on a series of interviews he conducted with human rights activist Malcolm X. Find out the tumultuous events leading up to the publishing of The Autobiography of Malcolm X with this American Experience timeline. Photo: Alex Haley, U.S. Coast Guard Service
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August 11, 1921:  African-American Writer Alex Haley Born

On this day in 1921, the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family was born in Ithaca, New York.  Alex Haley’s novel inspired the Emmy Award-winning 1977 television series, Roots, starring LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte.

Alex Haley is also known for his co-authorship of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, a memoir based on a series of interviews he conducted with human rights activist Malcolm X.

Find out the tumultuous events leading up to the publishing of The Autobiography of Malcolm X with this American Experience timeline.


Photo: Alex Haley, U.S. Coast Guard Service

Source: to.pbs.org

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