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Alex Haley was born on August 11, 1921 in Ithaca, New York.
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For the first five years of his life Haley lived with his mother and grandparents in Tennessee while his father finished his studies.
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In 1931 his mother Bertha George Haley died.
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Alex Haley began what became a 20 year career in the United States Coast Guard.
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Alex married Nannie Branch and remained married for 13 years.
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At the conclusion of World War II, the coast guard permitted Haley to transfer into the field of journalism, and by 1949 he had achieved the rank of first class petty officer in the rate of journalist.
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By 1949 Alex had become a pretty officer first class in the rating of journalist.
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After 20 years of service Haley retired and had a Coast Guard name in his honor, USCGC Alex Haley.
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Haley interviewed jazz trumpeter Miles Davis for playboy.
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“The Autobiography of Malcolm X” was published in 1965.
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Received The Anisfield Wolf Book Award In 1966
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Haley wrote his only screenplay.
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Won special Pulitzer Prize for Roots in 1977.
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Nominated to black filmmakers Hall of Fame.
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Alex Haley's Queen: The Story of an American Family novel.
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Later in Alex Haley’s career he passed from a heart attack.
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The Republic of Korea (South Korea) posthumously awarded Haley its Korean War Service Medal.
