When:
August 11, 2017 all-day
2017-08-11T00:00:00-06:00
2017-08-12T00:00:00-06:00
Where:
http://www.kintehaley.org/
Aug 11, 1921. Born at Ithaca, NY, Alex Palmer Haley was raised by his grandmother at Henning, TN. In 1939 he entered the US Coast Guard and served as a cook, but eventually he became a writer and college professor. His interview with Malcolm X for Playboy led to his first book, TheAutobiography of Malcolm X, which sold six million copies and was translated into eight languages. Roots, his Pulitzer Prize winning novel published in 1976, sold millions, was translated into 37 languages and was made into an eight-part TV miniseries in 1977. The story generated an enormous interest in family ancestry. Haley died at Seattle, WA, Feb 13, 1992.
