Black Fact= 1992 (Feb. 10)- Alex P. Haley, author of Roots and the Autobiography of Malcolm X, died in Seattle, WA, on this date.
Born August 11, 1921, in Ithaca, New York, he served in the U.S. Coast Guard for two decades before pursuing a career as a writer. He eventually helmed a series of interviews for Playboy magazine and later co-authored The Autobiography of Malcolm X. The following decade, Haley made history with his book Roots, chronicling his family line from Gambia to the slave-holding South. The Pulitzer Prize-winning book was turned into a 1977 miniseries that became one of the most popular TV shows of all time. Major controversy ensued, however, when Haley was accused of plagiarism and presenting historical and genealogical inaccuracies. Nonetheless, Roots has remained a groundbreaking work in the public imagination. Haley died in Seattle, Washington, on February 10, 1992.
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