| 单词 | Alex Haley |
| 例句 | My godfather, Alex Haley, bequeathed me the opportunity to write this foreword to my father’s autobiography. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex Haley and I had discussed the possibility of my writing his autobiography to acknowledge our literary circle, our family of writers—my father to him and him to me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, changing the subject to Alex Haley’s Roots: That book tells us more about his difference from his illiterate, tribal ancestors than it does about his link to them. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex Haley’s “Roots” — revived this season for another TV generation — gave millions of Americans their most visceral, sympathetic experience of slavery. ‘Homegoing,’ by Yaa Gyasi: A bold tale of slavery for a new ‘Roots’ generation 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z While its title suggests otherwise, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” was a collaboration between the civil rights activist and journalist Alex Haley, who later wrote “Roots.” Who wrote that political memoir? No, who actually wrote it? Who bought Alex Haley's book 'Roots' for TV? David Wolper, producer of 'Roots,' dies at 82 2010-08-11T19:53:00Z When I was a kid, they would play the TV adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots" every year around February as some sort of Black History Month initiative, for us inner city kids in Baltimore. "I want people to be angry": William Jackson Harper on viewers' takeaway from "Underground Railroad" 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z I especially was affected by James Baldwin’s review of Alex Haley’s “Roots.” James Baldwin’s Review, Babe Ruth and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z But in 1963, Alex Haley, a writer who would later win the Pulitzer Prize for “Roots,” convinced his skeptical subject to share the story of his life. Malcolm X, Laurence Fishburne and ‘the Theater of Your Mind’ 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z Wait another few years, and the election of Barack Obama as president could have served as suitable background to the triumph and resilience contained in Alex Haley’s original book. History’s engaging new ‘Roots’ is faithful to the original and woke to the present 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z On “King Kunta,” a funk stomp, Mr. Lamar compares himself to the main character in Alex Haley’s “Roots” before declaring: “Black man taking no losses!” Kendrick Lamar on His New Album and the Weight of Clarity 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z James Beard’s memoir, “Delights and Prejudices,” Alex Haley’s “Malcolm X” made a huge impression on me, Andre Agassi’s memoir was fantastic. Bette Midler Is Still in the Thrall of 19th-Century Novelists 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Therein lies the painful story of a literary reputation made and lost, one that is told simply and well in Robert J. Norrell’s “Alex Haley: And the Books That Changed a Nation.” Review: In ‘Alex Haley: And the Books That Changed a Nation,’ a Reputation Made and Lost 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Malcolm X is there but not Alex Haley. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Reading, too, became a refuge: Alex Haley’s “Roots,” Stephen King novels, Malcolm X’s autobiography, the Bible, the Quran, revolutionary works by George Jackson and Assata Shakur, and books on African history. Review: Memoirs From Two Eras Testify to Prison’s Corrosive Effect 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z I cannot guess what Alex Haley’s countrymen will make of his birthday present to us during this election and bicentennial year. Review: ‘Roots,’ by Alex Haley 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Long inspired by Alex Haley's book "Roots," Gates coupled his zeal for the past with new developments in DNA testing to provide the ancestors of slaves a more complete picture of their heritage. For Henry Louis Gates Jr., a lifelong interest in family history in 'Finding Your Roots' 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z “Alex Haley’s ties to Annapolis are rooted in the most barbaric chapter of the American story. It was a story that needed to be told, and he was the one to tell it,” Buckley said. Late author Haley honored by Maryland city on 100th birthday 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z But his TV work remained his best-known accomplishment, particularly "Roots," based on the best seller by Alex Haley. David Wolper, producer of 'Roots,' dies at 82 2010-08-11T19:53:00Z Their possible existence was first teased at in 1992, when a private collector at an estate sale scooped up material belonging to Alex Haley, Malcolm X’s collaborator on the book. Missing Malcolm X Writings, Long a Mystery, Are Sold 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Highly literate, with references to Yeats, Alex Haley and the Old Testament. Sinead O’Connor is still in one piece 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z The manuscripts for “Autobiography” remained in the possession of Alex Haley, and when he died, they went to auction to settle claims against his estate. Missing Malcolm X Writings, Long a Mystery, Are Sold 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z You can invite yourself into William Faulkner’s Rowan Oak in Oxford, or sit on the porch of Alex Haley’s boyhood home in Henning, Tennessee. Things Every Southerner Must Do! 2010-07-14T22:49:00Z Alex Haley, because of Malcolm X. Do they have to be living? Questlove: By the Book 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z The new miniseries will once again tell the life story of Kinte, who was the ancestor of "Roots" author Alex Haley. 'Roots' miniseries remake set to air on A&E, Lifetime and History 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z In many ways, that's what Martin is up to, especially once he recruits Kelly to write his story: "the Alex Haley to my Malcolm X." 'Your Face in Mine' a bold take on race, identity by Jess Row 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Jazz great Miles David was the subject of the first Playboy Interview, with the Q&A led by another African-American, Alex Haley, who also chatted up Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and Jim Brown. A Hugh Hefner Documentary: Airbrushed 2010-07-31T06:45:00Z Alex Haley, whose centenary we mark this year, was my James Baldwin. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z When Alex Haley wrote “Roots,” first thing he did is go back to the country of his forebears, Gambia, to meet the griot, who were storytellers. Our most dangerous hike 2012-05-21T01:00:00Z Fran Ross’s first and only novel, “Oreo,” was published in 1974, four years after Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” and two years before Alex Haley’s “Roots.” Review: ‘Oreo,’ a Sandwich-Cookie of a Feminist Comic Novel 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z That view shifted after Alex Haley's 1976 novel "Roots: The Saga of an American Family" became a bestseller and its 1977 miniseries adaptation a historic phenomenon, drawing an audience of 100 million for its finale. Angela Davis shows us why "Finding Your Roots" complicates and strengthens the American story 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z One drawback of “Alex Haley: And the Books That Changed a Nation” is that it does not take us very close to Haley the man. Review: In ‘Alex Haley: And the Books That Changed a Nation,’ a Reputation Made and Lost 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alex Haley, “Roots” retraces the author’s family history, beginning with his 18th-century ancestor’s enslavement. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars’ and ‘Roots’ 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Alex Haley was sued and later admitted to plagiarizing an earlier work, plus the mislabeling of his work as more fact than fiction. Roots remake: seminal slavery narrative still resonates in revamped miniseries 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z Based on Alex Haley's acclaimed novelisation of his own family ancestry, the series jumps through history to examine the physical and mental torment of slavery. Six to watch: US miniseries 2012-08-06T09:57:28Z Alex Haley’s “The Autobiography of Malcolm X,” published later in 1965, turned him into a martyr. Fifty years after his death, Malcolm X speaks to the current moment 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z One reason is the Autobiography of Malcolm X, a memoir ghosted by Alex Haley, who later wrote the Afro-American blockbuster Roots. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable ? review 2011-04-10T05:00:01Z ABC aired “Roots” on consecutive nights as a hedge; the network, home of “Happy Days,” had expected a dud, despite the Alex Haley novel it was based on being a huge hit. The Reconciliation Must Be Televised 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z “I don’t think Malcolm was all that trusting of Alex Haley in the beginning,” he said in a phone interview from his home in Los Angeles. Malcolm X, Laurence Fishburne and ‘the Theater of Your Mind’ 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z Regarding Michael Patrick Hearn’s Dec. 19 essay in remembrance of Alex Haley: In the mid-60s, Haley often came to the novelist James Jones’s home in Paris for Sunday night spaghetti dinners. Banned Books, Parisian Spaghetti Dinners and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z It bounces around a lot from the ‘90s and Another Bad Creation and “The Lion King” to Alex Haley’s “Roots” and back to “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.” Aisha Harris' 'Wannabe' offers stream-of-consciousness-style musings on the pop culture that shaped her 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z After watching Alex Haley’s television miniseries “Roots,” in 1977, they began to shift their focus to include cultural markers of the Black American experience. With their newly extended SoFi Stadium exhibition, the Kinseys aim to change the narrative about Black history 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z I am old enough to remember when Alex Haley’s “Roots” was first aired on television 46 years ago — and what happened afterward, at least where I lived. Opinion | Why does ‘The 1619 Project’ worry people? It offers a peek at the truth. 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z His autobiography, written with Alex Haley, remains a classic work of modern American literature. Men exonerated in Malcolm X killing to receive $36 million 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z That is akin to leaving out the names of prominent African Americans such as Alex Haley, Barbara Jordan, Sojourner Truth or Maya Angelou in a museum of famous Black Americans. Feedback: Hollywood history and the Academy Museum's stumble 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z “Roots” premiered on ABC in January 1977, just a few months after Alex Haley published the historical novel upon which it was based — a phenomenon on the back of a phenomenon. The 75 best TV shows on HBO Max right now, according to our experts 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Alex Haley was definitely not a rookie reporter at Reader’s Digest in March 1960. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Proposing a better layout for these sports pages 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z The writer was Alex Haley, who had just retired from the U.S. How a rookie writer’s Reader’s Digest story spawned two monumental works of Black history 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z But he recalled that it was not until he saw Alex Haley give a talk about his book “Roots” that he stopped feeling ashamed by his impoverished background. Harry M. Reid, a Power in the Senate, Dies at 82 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Jan. 23, 1977: The miniseries “Roots” debuts on ABC based on a book by Alex Haley and runs through Jan. 30 attracting record ratings, with the finale drawing a 71% share of the TV audience. Timeline of NBA in 1970s as league celebrates 75th season 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z A ribbon-cutting at the renovated Alex Haley Museum and Interpretive Center took place Friday, and a community celebration featuring music, food and a fashion show is scheduled Saturday. Museum renovation, book re-release honor late author Haley 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z The Emmy, Grammy and Peabody award-winning actor, director and producer first appeared widely on our screens with the release of 1977’s “Roots,” the miniseries about American slavery based on Alex Haley’s novel. LeVar Burton’s ‘Jeopardy!’ hosting gig starts July 26 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z “I read all of Alex Haley’s books before working at Reader’s Digest but was really surprised that I didn’t realize he was on staff here,” said Jason Buhrmester, the magazine’s chief content officer. How a rookie writer’s Reader’s Digest story spawned two monumental works of Black history 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z Haley is the nephew of Alex Haley, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Roots” that traced his family story back to an enslaved African brought to Annapolis and sold, Kunta Kinte. Historians seek out Black Americans who built State House 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z “Roots,” Alex Haley’s semifictional account of his family’s journey from West Africa, posed a challenge: How far back could young Dennis trace his own ancestors? A Teenager Was Bullied. His Ancestors Saved Him. 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z “Roots” author Alex Haley died in Seattle at age 70. Today in History 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z In the interview with Alex Haley for the January 1965 issue of Playboy, King described a moment “I never will forget.” Kamala Harris’ ‘Fweedom’ story mirrors MLK account 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z “Alex Haley later said that 99 percent of the letters he got were from White readers who said the book completely changed the way they viewed race relations in America,” Buhrmester said. How a rookie writer’s Reader’s Digest story spawned two monumental works of Black history 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z Initially a platform for the Nation of Islam, the autobiography evolved radically after Malcolm’s split with the group — a shift amplified by his writer, integrationist moderate Alex Haley, after Malcolm’s murder. Macolm X's full story will never be told. These biographies explain why 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Mrs. Edelman was referring to Alex Haley Farm in Tennessee, the former home of the author of “Roots,” which the nonprofit has repurposed into a training center. Marian Wright Edelman Steps Down, and a New Generation Takes Over 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z That’s when Alex Haley, author of the seminal saga “Roots,” first floated the idea. Madam C.J. Walker tackled the politics of black hair. More than a century later, the battle still rages on. 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z I remember someone sniggering that I looked like Kunta Kinte, the central character in Alex Haley’s Roots, viciously taken from his African village and sold into slavery. The beauty industry is still failing black women | Funmi Fetto 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z The latter two became ABC miniseries in the 1980s starring Robert Mitchum that averaged tens of millions of viewers over the course of their broadcast and were the highest-rated miniseries after Alex Haley’s “Roots.” Herman Wouk, Pulitzer Prize-winning master of sweeping historical fiction, dies at 103 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z The 18-hour program averaged tens of millions of viewers over the course of its broadcast, rivaling Alex Haley’s “Roots” in popularity. Jan-Michael Vincent dies; movie and TV heartthrob struggled with addiction 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z He told The Washington Post that he has reviewed “The Case for Reparations,” a 2014 article in the Atlantic by Ta-Nehisi Coates, as well as a few chapters from “Roots,” by Alex Haley. Analysis | The Daily 202: Ralph Northam should read these books to better understand racism, historians say 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z A manuscript of “The Autobiography of Malcolm X,” with handwritten notes by Malcolm X and Alex Haley, at Guernsey’s auction house. Rescued From Obscurity: How Discarded Items Become Treasures 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z But Christine is a black woman on a mission to find her whiteness, a bold contrast to the far more celebrated race book of the time, Alex Haley’s Roots. Oreo: Marlon James on a crazy, sexy, forgotten gem of black literature 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z It was an African American writer, Alex Haley, who in the mid-1970s inspired a nationwide obsession with genealogy that continues to this day. Her mother said they descended from ‘a president and a slave.’ What would their DNA say? 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Alex Haley’s Autobiography of Malcolm X was born from his interview with the leader in Playboy. Hugh Hefner obituary 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z But the people of Annapolis rallied to raise enough money to replace the plaque and add a sculpture of author Alex Haley reading to a trio of multiethnic children. America’s missing slave memorials: It’s time to truly acknowledge our bloody past 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z For every filmmaker who has a text like “12 Years a Slave” to read, there are many others who are forced to invent narratives and characters, as in Alex Haley’s “Roots.” Yes, Nat Turner had a wife. 'Birth of a Nation's Aja Naomi King on the challenge of telling her story 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z “It’s like Alex Haley said, in his book ‘Roots,’ which is one of my favorite books—he learned a lot sitting on his grandmother’s porch, listening to her stories,” he says. In the Heart of Trump Country 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z One day, the phone rang and author Alex Haley was on the line, asking for a meeting. Bernie Swain’s career speaks volumes about taking unusual business pivots 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z The author of “Roots,” which was turned into an award-winning miniseries, will be remembered during an event Thursday evening at the Alex Haley Statue in Knoxville. Celebrations set to remember ‘Roots’ author on his birthday 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z “ABC was afraid of losing the Southern market,” Mr. Gossett said of the original series based on Alex Haley’s novel. Louis Gossett Jr. reflects on career as he turns 80 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Alex Haley is said to have written parts of his bestseller Roots near Jakes hotel, the Henzell family’s romantic beachside retreat, which also sponsors the Calabash festival. Sun, sand and a Booker winner as Jamaica revels in its literary festival 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Roots is a remake of the original 1977 series, based on the book by Alex Haley, which was hugely popular - consistently reaching around 30 million viewers during its run. Roots producer defends show after Snoop Dogg criticism - BBC News 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z The 19-year-old is excited that the TV adaptation of Alex Haley's epic bestseller is finally on the air. Recalling a milestone moment: LeVar Burton joins tributes to the historic miniseries 'Roots' 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z "Roots" premiered on ABC in January 1977, just a few months after Alex Haley published the historical novel upon which it was based -- a phenomenon on the back of a phenomenon. 'Roots' is still fresh and shocking 40 years later 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z ABC’s 1977 miniseries “Roots” was based on the Alex Haley novel that was inspired by stories about his family’s African roots and enslavement in the American South. Kelly Rowland, Snoop Dogg join new BET series’ 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z ABC's 1977 miniseries "Roots" was based on the Alex Haley novel that was inspired by stories about his family's African roots and enslavement in the American South. LeVar Burton, who starred in the influential 1970s miniseries "Roots," said the remake is arriving at a crucial time 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Aboard the Alex Haley, the increased activity in the Arctic was obvious in the deep blue waters of the Chukchi Sea. U.S. Is Seen as Laggard as Russia Asserts Itself in Warming Arctic 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Marable interrogates Malcolm’s authorized account of his life as told to the novelist Alex Haley, marshaling new evidence, conducting numerous interviews and offering fresh interpretations of the facts. From pimp to literary sensation 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Alex Haley, on whose interviews with Malcolm X the book is based, did a masterful job of editing the transcripts, and his long introduction is worth the cover price alone. Malcolm X’s autobiography didn’t change me, it saved me | Lemn Sissay 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Alex Haley was the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family, which is the story of an enslaved African American family. Tombstone of Roots author Alex Haley's grandmother sprayed with racial graffiti 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z A&E; Networks said Wednesday that Fishburne will play writer Alex Haley, whose novel about his African-American ancestry was the basis of the original TV miniseries. Laurence Fishburne to star in ‘Roots’ miniseries remake 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z The Alex Haley, named after the author of “Roots” who was a 20-year Coast Guard veteran, is one of five ships that the Coast Guard is deploying to the Arctic from June to October. U.S. Is Seen as Laggard as Russia Asserts Itself in Warming Arctic 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z A&E Networks said Wednesday that Fishburne will play writer Alex Haley, whose novel about his African-American ancestry was the basis of the original TV miniseries. Laurence Fishburne to star in 'Roots' miniseries remake 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Malcolm X’s autobiography, which was co-written by Alex Haley and released in the months following its namesake’s death, is at the heart of the change in public perception of him. On 50th Anniversary of Assassination, Malcolm X's Legacy Continues to Evolve 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Air Station Kodiak responded with a Jayhawk helicopter along with the cutter Alex Haley. Coast Guard event looks back at freighter grounding 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z By far the most celebrated and influential of Mr. Stoddard’s mini-series was “Roots,” based on Alex Haley’s novel tracing a black American family from Africa through slavery in America through liberation after the Civil War. Brandon Stoddard, 77, ABC Executive Who Brought ‘Roots’ to TV, Is Dead 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Alex Haley, author of the hugely popular 1976 book Roots, once said that black Americans needed their own version of Plymouth Rock, a genesis story that didn’t begin—or end—at slavery. How Genealogy Became Almost as Popular as Porn 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z He left as quietly as he had arrived. Several months later, his book was published. Soon thereafter, it was made into a television miniseries, and the whole world knew of Alex Haley. The roots of a memorable commencement speech He quotes Alex Haley, the author of “Roots,” who said, “Find the good and praise it.” What You Missed While Not Watching Yesterday's Presidential Inauguration 2013-01-22T11:05:24Z Three other tow ships were accompanying the Aiviq for standby, and the coast guard cutter Alex Haley was also escorting. Stricken Alaska Oil Rig Refloated and Under Tow 2013-01-07T20:15:02.247Z Kevin Riddle, the captain of the Coast Guard cutter Alex Haley, which was preparing to deploy north this month from its base in Kodiak, Alaska. Coast Guard Strengthens Presence North of Alaska 2012-07-22T02:35:44Z The autobiography, long considered a classic of the 1960s civil rights struggle, was an “as told to” book written with Alex Haley and published in 1965. Manning Marable, Historian and Social Critic, Dies at 60 2011-04-02T03:19:00Z Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, January 16, 2011; 8:44 PM Two decades ago, 22 black leaders gathered for a retreat on farmland in rural Tennessee once owned by writer Alex Haley. Black leaders regroup to address widening poverty among African American children 2011-01-17T01:44:00Z HENNING, Tenn. -- Two gunmen opened fire Monday at a post office in a rural West Tennessee town that was home to "Roots" author Alex Haley, killing two workers perhaps as part of an attempted robbery. 2 workers killed in Tenn. post office shooting 2010-10-19T03:01:00Z In The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Alex Haley gives readers a rare glimpse of that backstage drama. Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software |
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