found: Little, M. The autobiography of Malcolm X, 1967.
found: Nat'l Pub. Radio broadcast, 2-10-92(Alex Haley; d. in Seattle, Wash., 10 Feb. 1992)
found: WW in Am., 1976-77(Haley, Alex Palmer; b. Ithaca, N.Y., Aug. 11, 1921)
found: Celebration services of the life of Alexander Murray Palmer Haley ... 1992.
found: African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:(Haley, Alex; Alexander Palmer Haley; biographer, fiction writer; born 11 August 1921 in Ithaca, New York, United States; studied at Elizabeth City State Teachers College in North Carolina; in 1939 he enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard and spent twenty years advancing from mess boy to ship's cook on a munitions ship; on USS Murzin, in the South Pacific, during World War II; in 1949 the Coast Guard created the position of chief journalist for him; retired in 1959 and moved to Greenwich Village to work as a freelance writer; founder and president of the Kinte Foundation of Washington, D.C. (1972); his best-selling book "Roots" won a Pulitzer Prize and was made into a gripping television miniseries; died 10 February 1992 in Seattle, Washington, United States)
found: Journal Communications web site, June 24, 2021:About us (Alex Haley, author of "Roots," was one of the founders of our company. The phrase "Find the good - and praise it" was printed at the bottom of his pale yellow personal stationery. It predated his connection to Journal Communications, the small startup in which he became an investor in 1988 along with his photographer friend and fellow Pulitzer Prize-winner, Robin Hood; 6550 Carothers Parkway, Ste. 420, Franklin, TN 37067) Our work (Livability Media, Farm Flavor Media and Travel Publishing divisions)
