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The select images below feature Alex Haley, as well as members of his family and friends...
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Alex Haley's maternal great-great-grandfather,
"Chicken" George Lea—son of Kizzy, Haley's great-great-great-grandmother and daughter of Kunta Kinteh, Haley's
great-great-great-great-grandfather
Alex Haley's maternal grandparents, Will Palmer & Cynthia Murray Palmer—--also the granddaughter of Chicken George--—with their daughter, Bertha George Palmer, Alex Haley's mother in 1919
A young Alex Haley, while his family lived in Alabama
Alex Haley as a baby held by his mother, Bertha Palmer Haley, with his grandfather, Will Palmer, and his father Simon Haley in 1922
Alex Haley's son, William Haley—--and Bill's father—--with Alex's great-grandmother, Cynthia Murray Palmer on the Haley Farm in Henning, TN
Alex in the U.S. Coast Guard before WWII
Two of Alex Haley's children 3 children, William Haley and Lydia Haley
Alex with his two brothers, George (L) & Julius (R); his
sister Lois (C); and their father, Simon Haley (front).
Alex with his sister, Lois Haley Butts (L) and her daughter / his niece, Andrea Butts Blackstone (R)
Alex Haley's youngest daughter, Cynthia—--named for his grandmother—--is the child he had with second wfie, Juliette Collins
Alex with his son, William Haley, Sr.,
Bill's father
Alex with "Roots" star,
LeVar Burton
Bill (in striped shirt), with Haley Family members at a reunion
Bill's daughters, Nala & Khai Haley at
a photo of their great-grandfather
Alex Haley in Disneyland's famed
"Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln" attraction
Alex Haley's maternal great-grandfather, Tom Murray-— the son of Chicken George Lea—and his great-grandmother Irene Murray, the parents of Cynthia Murray Palmer, Alex's grandmother in 1870