Alexander Murray Palmer Haley Net Worth is $700,000
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Alex Haley served in the United States Coast Guard during the Second World War, Korean Conflict, and Cold War, and was the first African-American Coast Guardsman in the modern era to reach the rank of Chief Petty Officer. This paved the way for many other black men and women to rise into the senior enlisted ranks in the naval services. He also ...
Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Movies
Mama Flora's Family, Malcolm X
TV Shows
Roots, Roots: The Next Generations, Dialogue With Black Filmmakers
Star Sign
Leo
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Quote
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Nobody can do for little children what grandparents can do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle dust over the lives of little children.
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Fact
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The characters Alex and Haley Dunphy on Modern Family are named after him.
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While researching his family in Africa, he was driven to an outlying village where his ancestor had come from. A crowd was waiting there, and they chanted in a language Haley didn't understand. When he asked his guide for a translation, the man replied, "They are saying, 'A son of the village has returned.'"
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In 1983 he announced his intention to write a book about the true people of the Smoky Mountains, tentatively titled "Sitting in the Appalachians". The book never materialized, however.
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While in the Coast Guard he submitted articles and short stories to various magazines, and posted his rejection slips on the walls of his cabin, and eventually in the galley when he ran out of wall-space in his own quarters.
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The most amusing rejection slip he got stated, "Thanks, but this doesn't jell for us."
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While negotiating with Reader's Digest over their publication of Roots, he was flown out to the company headquarters on their private jet. While sipping the company's scotch and eating their complimentary nuts he thought to himself, "I guess it finally jelled!"
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He may also be the only modern writer of note to have a warship named after him. The 283-foot Medium Endurance Cutter Alex Haley (WMEC-39) was commissioned on 10 July, 1999, and is homeported in Kodiak, Alaska. Ship's missions include fisheries patrol, search and rescue, law enforcement, environmental protection, and homeland security in the North Pacific.
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Godfather to Malcom X's daughter Attallah Shabazz
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Had three children two daughters, and one son.
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The only person in the history of PLAYBOY magazine to appear both as an interviewer and a celebrity interviewee.
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Several hundred copies of his book "Roots" had to be recalled from the publisher because they had been accidentally bound with covers meant for "Gone With The Wind".
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Two men he interviewed, Black Muslim leader Malcolm X and American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell, were both assassinated.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Roots
2016
TV Mini-Series based upon the book by - 4 episodes
Mama Flora's Family
1998
TV Mini-Series book - 2 episodes
Queen
TV Mini-Series based upon a story by - 2 episodes, 1993 story - 1 episode, 1993
Malcolm X
1992
book "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
TV Series teleplay - 3 episodes, 1980 writer - 1 episode, 1980
Roots: The Next Generations
TV Mini-Series books "Roots" and "Search" - 6 episodes, 1979 book "Roots and Search" - 1 episode, 1979
Roots
1977
TV Mini-Series book - 8 episodes
Super Fly T.N.T.
1973
screenplay
Malcolm X
1972
Documentary book "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
TV Series executive producer - 16 episodes, 1980 - 1981 producer - 1 episode, 1980
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
TV Mini-Series consultant - 7 episodes
Roots
1977
TV Mini-Series consultant - 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Remembering 'Roots'
2002
Video documentary short dedicatee
When We Were Kings
1996
Documentary in memory of
Malcolm X
1992
in memory of
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Experience
1994
TV Series documentary
Himself - Biographer
Alex Haley
1992
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
1992
Documentary
Himself
Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones
1990
Documentary
Himself
Frank Sinatra: Portrait of an Album
1985
Video
Himself (uncredited)
Conversations with Roy DeCarava
1983
Short documentary
Narrator
EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration
1982
TV Special
Himself
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1982
TV Series
Himself
The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1981
TV Special
Himself - Co-Presenter: Outstanding Limited Series
Today
1980
TV Series
Himself
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
TV Mini-Series
Himself
General Electric's All-Star Anniversary
1978
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1978
TV Special
Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Original Teleplay
$700,000
