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\nAlex Haley: Author of 'Roots' and 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X'\n

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\nAlex Haley served in the U.S. Coast Guard for two decades before pursuing a career as a writer. He eventually helmed a series of interviews for Playboy magazine and later co-authored The Autobiography of Malcolm X. The following decade,...\nAlex Haley served in the U.S. Coast Guard for two decades before pursuing a career as a writer.

He eventually helmed a series of interviews for Playboy magazine and later co-authored The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
The following decade, Haley made history with his book Roots, which chronicles his family line from the Gambia to the enslaved southern United States.\n
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\nThe Black History Buff\n\n
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2020
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