Uncle Sam Must Be Losing The War: Black Marines of The 51st (Bill Downey, Alex Haley) William Downey, known to most as “Bill” was born June 15, 1922 in Ottumwa,…

Tom Bradley: The Impossible Dream(J. Gregory Payne, Scott C. Ratzan, Alex Haley) Thomas Bradley (1917–-1998), who preferred “Tom” to the more formal name, was the first African American elected mayor…

They That Go Down To The Sea: A Bicentennial Pictorial History of The United States Coast Guard (Chief Paul A. Powers, Alex Haley) The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is…

The Story Of The Coast Guard(U.S. Coast Guard Bicentennial: 1790-1990) The Coast Guard is the United States’ oldest continuous seagoing military service, founded in 1790 by Alexander Hamilton. In wartime,…

The Prevailing South: Life & Politics In A Changing Culture (Dudley Clendinen, Bill Kovach) It was at the family home in Henning, Tennessee, where Alex Haley first heard the stories…

The Oratory Of Negro Leaders: 1900-1968 The Oratory Of Negro Leaders: 1900-1968(Contributions In Afro-American And African Studies)(Marcus Hanna Boulware, Alex Haley) The Oratory Of Negro Leaders: 1900-1968 examines the personal…

The Magazine Writer’s Workbook (1968) Within The Shadowland of Dreams, Alex Haley opens with how writing requires sacrifice and dedication as follows: “Many a young person tells me he wants…

The Heritage of Blacks In North Carolina The black movement in North Carolina has been an intricate part of a nationwide freedom movement. At the March on Washington in 1963,…

Stories Under African Skies (1992) In chronicling the importance of storytelling to the African and African American experience, one need only realize that these stories contain the essence of the…

Steck-Vaughn Stories of America Series Alex Haley, author of Roots: The Saga of An American Family, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and Queen: The Story of An American Family, died…