In April it was announced that LeVar Burton and Will Packer were set to executive-produce a remake of Roots, which will air on three channels: Lifetime, A&E and History. Roots, which originally aired ...

"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 ...

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.

*Laurence Fishburne is the first major name to join A&E Networks’ remake of the 1977 miniseries, “Roots,” the network announced Wednesday. The series is set for simulcast on History, A&E and Lifetime ...

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 ...

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 ...

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William Alexander Haley Sr. — son of “Roots” author, Alex Haley, who traced the lineage of an Alamance County family as part of his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel — died Monday. William Haley worked for ...

We've got roots. Pine Bluff has families that not only underscore the literal definition of "roots," but the bestselling book "Roots". The younger brother of "Roots" author Alex Haley, George Haley, a ...

George Haley (right) is shown with his brothers Alex (center) and Julius. (Special to The Commercial/Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas) We've got roots. Pine ...