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(Alex Haley Interviews Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) was originally published in the October 1964 issue of Playboy Magazine. In addition, it was also published within Alex Haley: The Playboy Interviews…

(Alex Haley Interviews George Lincoln Rockwell was originally published in the April 1966 issue of Playboy Magazine. In addition, it was also published within Alex Haley: The Playboy Interviews by…

(Alex Haley granted the following interview to Professor Jeffrey M. Elliot that was published within the August 1980 issue of Writer’s Digest.) The Roots of Alex Haley’s Writing CareerThe Roots…

(Alex Haley: Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1989: Angels, Legends, and Grace is an interview—drawn in part from Haley’s conversations with students during his visit in Vicksburg in 1989 that was published in…

(Alex Haley spoke with Tom Brokaw on the NBC Today Show and described the nine years of research he did in 58 libraries on three continents to confirm family stories…

(New insights about the author of “Roots” are gained through an exclusive interview by Ted T. Jones II of The Message Magazine.) In January, 1977, an unprecedented audience was captivated…

(Scott Ross of The 700 Club had the opportunity to talk with Alex Haley at his Tennessee farm before Haley’s death in 1992. To acknowledge Black History Month in 2009,…

(In December 1988, Editor, Roger Bishop, interviewed Alex Haley at his farm in Norris, Tennessee. The conversation centered on Haley’s new book A Different Kind of Christmas with occasional discussion…

(In January, 1976, Alex Haley came to New York to put the finishing touches on the manuscript of Roots, where he spoke with Robert L. Allen, Editor of The Black…

(The below interview of Alex Haley by Richard Ballad was originally published in the December 1976 issue of Penthouse Magazine.) At the age of fifty-five, Alex Haley has struck it…