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Dec 15, 1978 · Alex Haley settles lawsuit against him by Harold Courlander, author of novel The African, by acknowledging that his book, Roots, contained some material from Courlander book; amt of settlement to ...
Aug 18, 2021 · Forty-five years ago, August 17, 1976, Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley was published by Doubleday and shot straight into the hearts of the people. It was a good story, well ...
May 13, 2023 · With MLK and Malcolm X revelations, Alex Haley’s legacy takes new hit. Before questions about his Playboy interview with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Haley faced charges of plagiarism and ...
May 19, 2016 · Pulitzer prize winner Alex Haley said “Roots” was based on his own family history — but settled a highly publicized plagiarism lawsuit. But due to the plagiarism controversy, some historians ...
- Don Kaplan
Alex Haley. Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) [1] was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers.
Dec 17, 2021 · Two writers accused Haley of plagiarism; one case was dismissed, and he settled the other out of court for $650,000 (or $2.7 million today). The lawsuits were debilitating and humiliating. The ...
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Apr 23, 1977 · In New York, Mr. Haley's literary agent, Paul R. Reynolds, his editor, Elizabeth Drew, and a spokesman for his publisher, Doubleday & Company, all scoffed at the suggestions of plagiarism.
