Alex Haley
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Haley was born in Ithaca, New York, on August 11, 1921, and was the oldest of three brothers and a sister. Haley lived with his family in Henning, Tennessee, before he returned to Ithaca with his family when he was five years old. Haley's father was a professor of agriculture at Alabama A&M University. The younger Haley always spoke proudly of his father and the obstacles of racism he had overcome. Alex Haley was enrolled at Alcorn State University at age 15. Two years later he returned to his father and stepmother to inform them of his withdrawal from college. Simon Haley felt that Alex needed discipline and growth and convinced his son to enlist in the military when he turned 18. On May 24, 1939, Alex Haley began his twenty-year career with the Coast Guard.
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| Coast Guard cutter Coast Guard cutter www.uscg.mil/datasheet/haleywmec.asp - Web |
| Roots tribute page Roots tribute page www.wissen-erleben.de/roots/haley.htm - Web |
| Alex Haley's Gravesite Alex Haley's Gravesite www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1796 - Web |
| Alex Haley's Playboy Interview with Dr. Martin Lut... Alex Haley's Playboy Interview with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. www.playboy.com/magazine/playboy-interview-martin-luther-king - Web |
| Alex Haley's Playboy Interview with Miles Davis Alex Haley's Playboy Interview with Miles Davis www.playboy.com/entertainment/playboy-interview-miles-davis - Web |
| Official Roots: 30th Anniversary Edition website Official Roots: 30th Anniversary Edition website www.rootsthebook.com - Web |
| Pace, Eric. "Alex Haley, 70, Author of 'Roots,' Di... Pace, Eric. "Alex Haley, 70, Author of 'Roots,' Dies," The New York Times, February 11, 1992. www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0811.html - Web |
| Alex Palmer Haley:A Leading African-American Novel... Alex Palmer Haley:A Leading African-American Novelist and Genealogist www.yementimes.com/defaultdet.aspx?SUB_ID=29391 - Web |
