On this day in 1921, Alex Haley, the author of “Roots” and “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, was born in Ithaca, New York.
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today August 11, 2023 Aug. 11, 1921 Alex Haley, the author of “Roots” and “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, was born in Ithaca, New York. He spent much of his first five years with his mother and grandparents in Henning, Tennessee.
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