The answer above is wrong.
By the time Haley's fiction book was published, all of the race discrimination civil rights laws now in effect had already been passed.
The book changed nothing about race relations or civil rights.
Alex Haley. Not the guy that wrote Airport, another guy of the same name.
Alex Haley
Once apon a time Alex Haley took to find his Ancestoral Roots by saying Africa! Africa!
1976.
Actually it's Alex Haley. He's the author of "Roots"
Malcolm X is likely the civil rights era advocate you are referring to. He was profiled in the book "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" written by Alex Haley. Malcom X was a prominent figure in the civil rights movement advocating for the rights of African Americans through his work with the Nation of Islam.
Actually it's Alex Haley. He's the author of "Roots"
Simon Haley was the father of Alex Haley,the author of Roots and the co-author of Malcom X.
Alex Haley was an American author and biographer who traced his ancestry back to Africa in his book "Roots," which tells the story of his family's history, beginning with the capture and enslavement of his ancestor Kunta Kinte. The book was groundbreaking in its exploration of African American genealogy and history.
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