Alex Haley (32 page)

Johnson, Lyndon,
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84
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144
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187

Johnson, Thomas 15X,
87

Jones, James,
25

Jones, James Earl,
102
,
120
,
206

Jones, Quincy,
225

Jubilee
(Walker),
183
–87,
193

Juffure (village),
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–15,
118
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–49,
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–81,
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–99,
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Kaplan, Robert N.,
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Kazan, Elia,
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–10,
120

Kennedy Airport,
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85
–86

Kennedy, John F.,
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King, Martin Luther Jr., ix,
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–83,
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227

Kingdom of Barra,
178

Kinte Corporation,
133

Kittler, Glenn D.,
29

Krishna, V. R.,
151

Ku Klux Klan,
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77
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84
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154
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156
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168
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205

Lee, Spike,
94
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209
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217

Lehman-Haupt, Christopher,
152
–53

Leopard's Spots, The
(Dixon),
154
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156

Lewis, Anthony,
63

Lewis, Myran (My),
138
,
173
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215
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218

Life
magazine,
28
–29,
31
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33
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80

Lincoln, C. Eric,
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47
–48,
51
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62
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69

Lomax, Louis,
31
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47
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62
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120

“Lord and Little David, The” (Haley),
30
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59
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207

Lord Ligonier
(slave ship),
118
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146

Louisiana State University,
43
–44

Malcolm X, ix,
45

anti-Semitism and,
53
,
64
–65

assassination and aftermath,
87
–89

controversy surrounding,
66
–67

creation of autobiography and,
53
–54,
65
–66,
70
–71,
77
–79

departure from NOI,
71
–74

development of friendship with Haley,
59
–62

Doubleday and,
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–90

early life,
67
–68

fear of being killed,
70
,
86

fee for autobiography,
58
–59

Handler, M. S. and,
56
–57

increased attention on,
68
–69

introduction to Haley,
57
–58

life after NOI,
85
–87

King, Martin Luther Jr. and,
63
–64,
83

March on Washington and,
63
–64

Muhammad, Elijah and,
68
–69

NOI and,
58
,
69
–74,
84

publication of autobiography,
91
–95

Saturday Evening Post
and,
83
–84

sensitive nature,
62

travels,
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–76,
79
,
84
–85

views on race relations,
62
–63,
87

“Man Who Wouldn't Quit” (Haley),
43

Manga, Ebou,
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–7,
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,
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119
,
126
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128
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162
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221

Marable, Manning,
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March on Washington,
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–64,
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77

Marius, Richard,
121
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213
,
224

Marshall, Thurgood,
62

Martinez, Al,
226

Massaquo, Hans J.,
172

Matador
(Conrad),
34

McCormick, Kenneth

Autobiography of Malcolm X
and,
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66
,
68
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70
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78
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84
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88

“Before This Anger” and,
82
,
107
–8,
120
,
129

“Booker” and,
129

correspondence with Haley,
66
,
68
,
78
,
120

Roots
and,
134
,
147

“Saga of a People” lecture and,
125

success in publishing,
58

writers worked with,
58

McGraw-Hill,
90

McLure, Doug,
161

McQueen, Butterfly,
156

military service, Alex Haley

assignment on
Mendota,
17
–19

duties as press officer for Coast Guard,
33
–35

foray into magazine writing during,
28
–33

outbreak of WWII,
19
–20

pen pal,
19

publication of
Seafarer
newspaper,
23
–24

race relations in U.S. during,
31
–33

reassignment to
Murzim,
20
–21

reassignment to USCG
Pamlico,
19

reenlistment in Coast Guard,
25
–28

Scott, Percival L. and,
21
–23

writing during,
21
–25

Miller, Henry,
90

Mills, Gary B.,
199
–201

Mitchell, Margaret,
154
–57

Monroe, Robert,
29

Montgomery bus boycott,
31

Morgan, Edmund S.,
182

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick,
144
–45

“Mr. Muhammad Speaks” (Haley),
49

Muhammad, Elijah,
45
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47
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49
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51
–53,
56
–61,
65
–66,
68
–73,
77
–78,
83
–84,
210

see also
Black Muslims; Nation of Islam

“My Furthest-Back Person—The African” (Haley),
131
,
189

“My Search for Roots” (Haley) 99,
177

Myth of the Negro Past
(Herskovits), 100

NAACP,
46

Nation of Islam (NOI),
45
–48,
51
–53,
57
–61,
68
–69,
71
–73,
78
,
86
,
88
,
91

see also
Black Muslims; Muhammad, Elijah

National Book Award Committee,
181

Native Son
(Wright),
61
,
184

Negro Digest
magazine,
31

Negro Family, The
(Moynihan),
144
–45

Negro Folk Music U.S.A.
(Courlander),
189

New American Library,
90

New York Times,
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–57,
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–64,
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203,
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New York University,
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–42,
125

Nixon, Richard,
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Nobile, Phillip,
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,
221
–23,
224
–25

Noble, Jeanne,
41
–42,
63

NOI

see
Nation of Islam

Northwestern University,
100
,
185

Obama, Barack,
94
,
226

“Of History and Hope” (Williams), 44

Ohio State University,
14
,
138

Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Normal University,
10

Oral Tradition, The
(Vansina),
101

Organization of Afro-American Unity,
78

Ottaway, Mark,
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–83,
198
,
203
,
221

Palmer, Will and Cynthia,
1
–3

Palmer-Turner Grammar School,
4
–5

Palmerstown
(TV series),
207
–9

Parks, Gordon,
62

Pearl Harbor,
19

Pearl, Minnie,
212

Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin,
99
,
107

plagiarism

see Roots,
plagiarism charges

Playboy
magazine,
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–54,
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–91,
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–3,
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Publishers Weekly,
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151
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190

Pulitzer Prize,
112
,
220

Pullman porters union,
205
–6

Queen
(Haley),
211
,
217
–20

Reader's Digest

“Before This Anger” and,
106
,
129

Berger, George and,
192

Book Club,
129

Conrad, Barnaby and,
34

Ferguson, Charles and,
44
,
55

Gambia and,
110

Haley's articles in,
28
–29,
32
,
41
–42,
44

Haley's relationship with,
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–81,
137

“Harlem Nobody Knows, The” (Haley),
32

“Henning, U.S.A.” and,
211

Malcolm X and,
46
,
52

“Mr. Muhammad Speaks” (Haley),
49
,
52

NOI and,
46
,
49
,
52

Reynolds, Paul and,
80
–81

Roots
and,
135
,
158
,
226

Saturday Evening Post
and,
52

threats of lawsuits against,
44

Williams, Miller and,
44

Reed, Gregory,
220

Reynolds, Paul Revere Jr.,
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–68,
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–91,
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–5,
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–10,
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–18,
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127
–30

Richard III
(Shakespeare),
57

Richards, Beah,
206

Richards, Gwen,
42

Robbins, Harold,
151

Robinson, Isaiah “Pop,”
19

Robinson, Jackie,
62

Rockwell, George Lincoln,
77
,
102
–3,
206

Roll, Jordan, Roll
(Genovese),
145

Romaine, Anne,
214
–16

Romaine, Howard,
214

Roots
(Haley)

academic community and,
198
–201

“African Heritage, The,”
132

breakdown of,
142
–43

contemporary books with similar themes,
145
–46

criticism of,
178
–81,
203
–5

cultural impact,
146
,
149
–51

excerpts in
Readers Digest,
135
,
158
,
226

fiction vs. nonfiction in,
146
–49

film rights for,
133

Fisher, Murray and,
135
–38

handling of black families in,
143
-

inspiration for,
117
–19

lectures and,
122
–23,
125

media attention for,
131

McCormick, Keith and,
134
,
147

plagiarism charges,
183
–98

as “popular epic,”
154
–58

promotion for,
151
–52

publication,
139
,
141
–42

Readers Digest
and,
135
,
158
,
226

reviews,
152
–54

“Saga of a People” lecture and,
125

success of,
181
–83

writing of,
119
–32,
135
–37

see also
“Roots Uncovered”

Roots
(TV miniseries)

book sales and,
169
–70

casting,
162
–63

criticism of,
168
–69

cultural impact,
165
,
167
–68,
170
–73

production,
161

script vs. book,
164
–65