The giving and getting, the sense of belonging and contributing to something larger than yourself, to something that began before you were born and will go on after you die, can make it possible for you to accept life in a way that makes you wish the whole world could realize how easy it is to feel as you do, and wonder why they don’t. That’s what having roots—and writing Roots—has done for me.

I pray that reading it—and then reaching out for their families to join in a search of their own—will do the same for everyone.

Excerpted from A Candid Conversation With The Author of The American Saga “Roots” by Murray Fisher ~ Playboy, January 1977.

Alex Haley Articles

• Aboard the African Star - The Candid Article In Which Alex Haley Reveals His Early Struggles As A Writer. (October 10, 1991)
  
  
• The Shadowland of Dreams - A Classic Article Where Alex Haley Describes What Living In The Shadowland Is All About. (March 1996)
  

Forwards To Various Works Written By Alex Haley

• Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, and Rastus - Chronicles African Americans’ First Appearances In Advertisements In The U.S.
  
  
• Climbing Your Family Tree - Online And Off-Line Genealogy For Kids Is A Complete Guide For The Ancestor Detector.
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Southern Culture - Offers An Extraordinary Portrait of One of The Nation’s Richest Cultural Landscapes.
  
  
• Ethnic Genealogy: A Research Guide - A Single Volume Reference Tool For Librarians, Researchers, Archivists And Genealogists.
  

For Personal Interviews Given By And Given To Alex Haley, Please Visit Our Interviews Page

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