(1) Tom Hallman Jr. Alex Haley served in the Coast Guard during World War ll.

(2) The narrative that Alex Haley crafted is, in certain respects, profoundly comforting: it transforms those twin strands into a distinct before and after.

(3) Alex Haley served in the Coast Guard during World War ll.

(4) Alex Haley also wanted to be a writer and he succeeded.

(5) By choosing to entrust his story to Alex Haley, Malcolm assured himself a lasting place in American culture.

(6) Alex Haley , a Black American writer , told of his family origins in a broadcast talk in 1974, two years before he published Roots, which traces back his African ancestry in the form of a novel.

(7) Excitement builds on the playground at Alex Haley elementary school.

(8) Malcolm clearly made his deepest impression on the American consciousness through his collaboration with Alex Haley.

(9) And then there are the 800 elementary school kids from Alex Haley and Wendell Smith schools who provide the finishing touch: his hair and suit.

(10) There is a journalist and writer living in America whose name is Alex Haley.

(11) "We did a two day workshop with the children explaining about living art...what we we're doing in a historical context, " said Vaida Williams, principal, Alex Haley School.