August 11, 1921
Alex Haley, author of Roots
(1976), was born in Ithaca, New York.
After 20 years in the U.S. Coast Guard, Haley retired and wrote books,
including The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965). In 1976, he published
his best-known work, Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The blend of
fact and fiction, drawn largely from stories recited by Haley's grandmother,
chronicles seven generations of Haley's family history, from the enslavement of
his ancestors to his own quest to trace his family tree.
Roots became a TV miniseries
in 1977. The eight-part series was aired on consecutive nights and became the
most watched dramatic show in TV history. Some 130 million people-nearly half
the country's population at the time--watched the final episode of the series.
Haley died on Feb. 10, 1992.
August 11, 1921
Alex Haley, author of Roots (1976), was born in Ithaca, New York.
After 20 years in the U.S. Coast Guard, Haley retired and wrote books,
including The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965). In 1976, he published
his best-known work, Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The blend of
fact and fiction, drawn largely from stories recited by Haley's grandmother,
chronicles seven generations of Haley's family history, from the enslavement of
his ancestors to his own quest to trace his family tree.
Roots became a TV miniseries
in 1977. The eight-part series was aired on consecutive nights and became the
most watched dramatic show in TV history. Some 130 million people-nearly half
the country's population at the time--watched the final episode of the series.
Haley died on Feb. 10, 1992.
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Tony Figueroa
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