Alex Haley
Alex Haley
Alexander Murray Palmer "Alex" Haley was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. In the United States the book and miniseries raised the public awareness of African American history and inspired a broad interest in genealogy and family history...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAutobiographer
Date of Birth11 August 1921
CityIthaca, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Many of us do this to develop this muscle of mindfulness, which tends to be atrophied.
We try to emphasize the fact that we are not religiously affiliated.
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.
Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.
In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage- to know who we are and where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness.
You're always being judged. No matter what you do, it's not the right thing. If you didn't become successful, then you'd be pointed at as one of those creatures down their who didn't take advantage of this or that, who didn't climb and rise and so forth.
Never completely encircle your enemy. Leave him some escape, for he will fight even more desperately if trapped.
Racism and hatred are synonymous.
I don't know anywhere in the world where there is not racism against somebody.
The main thing you got to remember is that everything in the world is a hustle.
Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.
I get interviewed a lot, and I found myself listening to what the interviewer is asking me, I'm analyzing what I'm being asked more than my response.
I think one of the most fascinating things you can do after you learn about your own people is to study something about the history and culture of other people.
I think most people when you say slavery tend to see a group of anonymous people pulling cotton sacks in great plantation fields, and that is largely true.