Alexander Haley 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.
In the United States the book and miniseries raised the public awareness of African American history and inspired a broad interest in genealogy and family history.
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