Alex Haley
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Alexander Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an African-American writer (he was also Irish and Cherokee). He is best known for the The Autobiography of Malcolm X, which he helped Malcolm X write, and his book Roots: The Saga of an American Family, which was about his family history and inspired a TV mini-series.