In 1985, a venerated American author described his affinity for a certain underdog city with big charm. He noted that city's "steadily rising image as a pleasant, entertaining, positive city either to ...

Find the good and praise it. It’s a phrase the late Alex Haley, author of the 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, often said during his life, from his days residing in the small West ...

Local historians and Black leaders are reexamining the legacy of Alex Haley after a new book revealed discrepancies in an interview the author published with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965.

"Find the good and praise it," the best-known saying attributed to world-renowned author Alex Haley, was the theme of the night at the Museum of Appalachia's Heroes of Southern Appalachia Award ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) --Wednesday marks the 100th birthday of the late author, Alex Haley. Haley died at the age of 70 on February 10, 1992, in Seattle but part of his work from his popular story about ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Remembering his 100th birthday, Maryland’s capital city gave honors this weekend to the late author Alex Haley and his extended family, citing his research that led to a greater ...

NORRIS, Tenn. — The Museum of Appalachia celebrated Alex Haley at their "Heroes of Southern Appalachia" ceremony on March 1. Former Tennessee Governor and U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander presented the ...

DETROIT – It was a landmark mini-series that changed the way America views its own history. The Roots mini-series in 1977 was based on a book by American author and writer Alex Haley. While the show ...

Annapolis will honor journalist and author Alex Haley with a public ceremony Saturday at City Dock to commemorate his 100th birthday. Haley wrote the groundbreaking book “Roots, The Saga of an ...