Alex Haley Lecture for the Doubleday Lecture Series

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Scope and Contents: Author Alex Haley is a speaker for the Frank N. Doubleday Lecture Series; the theme of the lecture series is education in the real world. Haley speaks of researching and writing about his genealogical roots for his book, Roots, using oral history and archival materials, including those at the National Archives. He talks about traveling to Gambia and learning about the history of Kinte clan from a griot, a West African historian who is a repository of oral history for a particular African clan. Haley also speaks of black heritage and African heritage; his life in the coast guard and as a freelance writer; and his family as he was growing up.; Lecture. Part of Broadcast Programs. Undated.

Topic: African Americans; Family; African American families; Black people -- History; Oral history; Slavery; Slave trade

Place: Africa; Africa, West; Gambia; Anacostia (Washington, D.C.); Washington (D.C.); United States

Citation: Alex Haley Lecture for the Doubleday Lecture Series, Record Group 09-037, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

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