Alex Haley
American writer and journalist best known for Roots: The Saga of an American Family and for co-authoring The Autobiography of Malcolm X; served in the U.S. Coast Guard and was influential in popularizing African-American history and genealogy.
Books
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1. Queen
The Story of an American Family
A lyrical, oral-history-style memoir that recounts the life of a woman born into poverty in the rural American South during the Jim Crow era; it traces her struggles with identity and family, the complicated relationships across racial lines, and her efforts to survive, work, migrate, and raise children, revealing a portrait of resilience, sacrifice, and the relentless determination to build a better life for the next generation.