Actor Laurence Fishburne will play Alex Haley in A&E Networks’ reboot of Haley’s classic African-American novel Roots, History Channel’s executive vice president and general manager Dirk Hoogstra…

Author Alex Haley (pictured), best known for his works “Roots” and “The Autobiography of Malcolm X,” is one of the most-celebrated African-American authors of all…

  *The network that brought you “The Bible” will now attempt to recreate one of the most celebrated television programs of all time. History Channel…

What originally started out as just an interest in his own genealogy, became a publication from which millions of African-American suddenly called their own story. American…

Alex Haley, a master story teller brought us our first glimpse into the lives of slaves with his critically acclaimed book Roots. Read about Mr. Haley's story here.