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Roots was a national bestseller and was translated into nearly three dozen languages. It received more than 200 awards, including a special Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award for its contribution to American history. In 1977, ABC-TV produced an eight-part television series of Roots, an event that garnered one of the largest audiences in the history of American television—an estimated 130 million Americans watched at least one episode.
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Haley grew up in Henning, Tennessee, and was educated at ElizabethCityStateTeachers College in North Carolina (1937-39). He joined the United States Coast Guard in 1939. Haley began writing to occupy his time during long sea voyages. In 1952, the Coast Guard named him chief journalist—the first to hold this title—and Haley managed the Guard’s public relations.
Alex Haley was an American journalist, biographer, and author, whose works of historical fiction and reportage chronicled the stories and struggles of African Americans and, because of their popularity and approach, became part of American heritage. Haley’s The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) and Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976) are considered significant contributions to the study of African-American history, and Haley is credited with popularizing pursuit in the fields of black history and genealogy.
Criticism, Controversy, and Stanley Crouch
Roots, however, was not without its controversies. Margaret Walker (Jubilee, 1966) and Harold Courlander (The African, 1967) filed plagiarism lawsuits against Haley. (In 1978, Haley settled an out-of-court lawsuit with Courlander for $650,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],000.) Additionally, some critics questioned the book’s accuracy and its legitimacy as a work of American history.
In 1962, Haley sold an interview with jazz musician Miles Davis to Playboy, which began the magazine's famous interview series. Haley’s series ran from 1962-92,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], during which time he interviewed talk show host Johnny Carson; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Muhammad Ali; George Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi Party; and Malcolm X.
Haley’s interview in 1962 with Malcolm X,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], black nationalist and spokesperson for the Black Muslim faith of the Nation of Islam, led to his first book, The Autobiography of Malcolm X. This ghostwritten, collaborative book recounts Malcolm X’s life in his own words and the evolution of his political and religious thought. It received high praise from critics and significantly influenced the black power movement in the U.S. Malcolm X did not live to see the book published—he was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City shortly before it went to press.
In 1959, after 20 years of military service, Haley retired, settled in New York’s Greenwich Village, and launched a new career as a freelance writer. He published his work in the Saturday Evening Post, Harper’s, Reader’s Digest, and the New York Times Magazine.
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Haley spent the next 12 years researching and writing Roots, his most successful and momentous work. Tracing his maternal ancestry back to a Mandingo youth named Kunta Kinte, who was kidnapped into slavery from the West African village of Juffure, Haley’s epic book—part fact, part fiction—covers seven generations of Haley’s American family and confronts America’s tragic history of slavery.
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