Alex Haley was a writer known for depicting the struggles of African Americans. His famous books include Roots, The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Queen.
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Roots author Alex Haley's widow My Lewis, 68, has told Daily Mail Online how he demanded she keep her contribution to Roots and their 15-year marriage a secret. She did so until his untimely death in 1992.
We couldn't find a parking space in downtown Annapolis near the State House, so we parked about a mile away. The good part about that was that we got to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Chesapeake Bay. The bad part is that it was about 100° and about 90% humidity. As we got near to downtown Annapolis, it was a nice surprise to come upon this public art piece showing a man telling stories to three children: That soda behind the girl on the right almost looks like it belongs there. Then we learned that it's not just ANY man--it's Alex Haley, author of the epic saga Roots (1976), which became a record-breaking television miniseries in 1977. (By the way, did you know Haley also co-authored The Autobiography of Malcolm X? That came out in 1965.) Roots tells the story of six generations of Haley's own family. The Kunta Kinte - Alex Haley Memorial commemorates the arrival of Haley's ancestor and other slaves in this very harbor: I had a flashback to the Kunta Kinte statue in Atlanta outside the Martin Luther King Museum, which shows Kunta Kinte holding aloft his baby daughter Kizzy, much like Mufasa holds up his newborn cub Simba in The Lion King. I love this encouragement to share our stories: A series of bronze plaques lines the nearby walkway next to the bay, each containing a nugget of wisdom from Haley's book: The Annapolis city government website notes that this memorial "portrays in word and symbol the triumph of the human spirit in very difficult times and conveys Alex Haley's vision for national racial reconciliation and healing. It stresses the importance of maintaining strong family connections and of preserving and honoring one's family history and cultural heritage." It also notes that the Memorial is dedicated to Africans "whose names, unlike Kunta Kinte's, are lost forever in the oceans of time. It is also for all people--African, Asian and European--who arrived in the New World in bondage, whose unpaid labor forged the backbone of this nation's rise to greatness. It is dedicated also to their descendants, who strive to create a nation that celebrates ethnic diversity within the spirit of brotherhood, mutual respect, and understanding." These words seem more relevant today than ever. We continued our walk into the heart of the city. Annapolis, population 40,000, has a small-town America feel: . . . and small town sensibilities: We were drawn to this idyllic garden: . . . part of the grounds of St. Anne's Church: My "AHA!" moment occurred here. "Annapolis" means "Anne's city" in Greek. Anne is the Virgin Mary's mother. Okay, it's all coming together! St. Anne's, an Episcopal Church established in 1692, was the very first church in Annapolis. However, that church was razed in 1775 because locals thought it looked too much like a barn, which was bad timing since the Revolutionary War started the next year and all labor and construction supplies went into building forts. It wasn't until 1792 that the new church got built, but in 1858 that church was gutted by fire. The third and current church was built almost immediately. One of the church's claims to fame is that Francis Scott Key, who wrote the words of "The Star-Spangled Banner," was a parishioner from 1789 to 1800. What a great idea: My Stained Glass Envy kicked into high gear as I looked at this brilliantly colored depiction of Christ quieting the wind and water: My favorite thing about this tender meeting between Mary and her cousin Elizabeth is the way their husbands hover in the background, as if trying to eavesdrop on the women's conversation: Mary and Joseph present the infant Jesus in the temple. Simeon and Anna recognize who He is and thank God: Some windows have intricate, quilt-like framing: This window includes the words from Revelations 2:10: "Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life": It looks like a Renaissance painting: Two of St. Anne's windows were made by Tiffany Studios. I am impressed by the Tiffany collection in Annapolis! We had also seen a few at the Naval Academy Chapel. When I think of the Tiffany style, I think of a rich palette of colors, so the brown and peach tones of this window depicting Mary as a young girl being taught from the scriptures by her mother Anne (for whom I assume this city is named) make it especially unique: The other Tiffany window draws from a more traditional Tiffany color palette to depict the Angel of the Resurrection: While the architecture of this little church is fairly simple, these stained glass windows are quite spectacular. There are other hidden gems in St. Anne's, including this pipe organ in its beautiful case in the choir loft: . . . this detailed woodcarving behind the altar with totem poles of saints on each side of Christ: . . . this baptismal font ringed with pensive human and animal faces: . . . this medieval-looking painting of Christ: . . . and this golden mosaic lunette over one of the doors: Time to move on. I saw this blooming tree all over Annapolis. Can someone tell me what it is? On our way back to the car, we peaked into St. Mary's Catholic Church: With its lofty ceilings, star-studded dark-blue night sky, and Gothic veining, the inside of St. Mary's is stunning: It's also a geometric wonder: Since there was some kind of service going on, we couldn't take many pictures. If I ever return to Annapolis, I'd like to go back for a second look. As we crossed the bridge over the water that marked the boundary of the civic center, I turned for one last look. What a lovely city. We had to make one last stop at Mike's Crab House in Riva, Maryland, a ten or fifteen minute drive from Annapolis. This is the kind of place where the tables are covered in brown paper because guests make such a mess. We made more mess than most, and we definitely had more food than most. Bob ordered enough food for about ten people. I kept looking around to see who he'd arranged to come join the party, but it was just the two of us: The most unique dish was this plate of soft-shelled, deep-fried crabs, a local delicacy. Mike's Crab House was definitely worth the drive, and if you eat like we did, you can skip the next two or three meals. READING: I read Roots by Alex Haley when I was a senior in high school. Seeing the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial in Annapolis sparked an interest to go back for a reread--until I remembered that the book is over 900 pages long. Instead, I've put the mini-series in our Amazon Prime queue. There are six episodes that run 90 minutes each. I've also discovered that the The History Channel released their own version of Roots in 2016. There are four two-hour episodes available on iTunes for $5.99/episode. If I can figure out how to stream that on our TV, we may watch that instead.
Writer Alex Haley holds a copy of his book Roots during a visit to London.
Roots author Alex Haley's widow My Lewis, 68, has told Daily Mail Online how he demanded she keep her contribution to Roots and their 15-year marriage a secret. She did so until his untimely death in 1992.
Writer Alex Haley on the set of TV film Roots.
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ONE OF TIME’S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY With its first great victory in the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, the civil rights movement gained the powerful momentum it needed to sweep forward into its crucial decade, the 1960s. As voices of protest and change rose above the din of history and false promises, one voice sounded more urgently, more passionately, than the rest. Malcolm X—once called the most dangerous man in America—challenged the world to listen and learn the truth as he experienced it. And his enduring message is as relevant today as when he first delivered it. In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement to veteran writer and journalist Alex Haley . In a unique collaboration, Haley worked with Malcolm X for nearly two years, interviewing, listening to, and understanding the most controversial leader of his time. Raised in Lansing, Michigan, Malcolm Little journeyed on a road to fame as astonishing as it was unpredictable. Drifting from childhood poverty to petty crime, Malcolm found himself in jail. It was there that he came into contact with the teachings of a little-known Black Muslim leader renamed Elijah Muhammad. The newly renamed Malcolm X devoted himself body and soul to the teachings of Elijah Muhammad and the world of Islam, becoming the Nation’s foremost spokesman. When his conscience forced him to break with Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity to reach African Americans across the country with an inspiring message of pride, power, and self-determination. The Autobiography of Malcolm X defines American culture and the African American struggle for social and economic equality that has now become a battle for survival. Malcolm’s fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that denies its nonwhite citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X stands as the definitive statement of a movement and a man whose work was never completed but whose message is timeless. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand America. Praise for The Autobiography of Malcolm X “Malcolm X’s autobiography seemed to offer something different. His repeated acts of self-creation spoke to me; the blunt poetry of his words, his unadorned insistence on respect, promised a new and uncompromising order, martial in its discipline, forged through sheer force of will.”—Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father“Extraordinary . . . a brilliant, painful, important book.”—The New York Times “A great book . . . Its dead level honesty, its passion, its exalted purpose, will make it stand as a monument to the most painful truth.”—The Nation “The most important book I’ll ever read, it changed the way I thought, it changed the way I acted. It has given me courage I didn’t know I had inside me. I’m one of hundreds of thousands whose lives were changed for the better.”—Spike Lee “This book will have a permanent place in the literature of the Afro-American struggle.”—I. F. Stone
Forty years after the premiere of “Roots” captivated the nation, take a look back at the cultural phenomenon and its lasting legacy.
Roots author Alex Haley's widow My Lewis, 68, has told Daily Mail Online how he demanded she keep her contribution to Roots and their 15-year marriage a secret. She did so until his untimely death in 1992.
We Tree's Weekly Genealogy Prompt #27 asks us to visit the graves of local celebrities and talk about their lives. I'll profile a celebrity not in my local area, but in the local area I am researching. My maternal ancestors are from a rural, Southwestern county in Tennessee called Hardin County that most folks haven't
