Title
Alex Haley, "A History of the Negro in America," 1968
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Lecture or Presentation Date:
7-18-1968
Description
Alex Haley was an American author and writer of several critically acclaimed novels and biographies including Malcolm X, and Roots: The Saga of an American Family. A fervent scholar of African American history, Haley here gives a presentation centered around his genealogical research in preparation for writing Roots. Referring to African Americans as “the only unwilling immigrants” to the United States, Haley traces his own roots back to the slave ship that brought his ancestors to the New World, detailing European first impressions of African culture, and vice versa.
Keywords
Genealogy, North Atlantic Slave Trade, Roots, American Civil Rights Movement, Malcolm X, Corporal Punishment, Gambia, Islam, Koran
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Recommended Citation
Haley, Alex, "Alex Haley, "A History of the Negro in America," 1968" (1968). Lectures and Presentations. 4.
https://commons.emich.edu/lectures_presentations/4