Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an Aug. 24,1984 photograph, Alex Haley, Pulitzer Prize winning author of "Roots," is pictured at the old Knoxville News ...
The Knox County school district first deemed “Roots” to be in violation of the state’s Age-Appropriate Materials Act. The ...
Lamar Alexander shares memories of author Alex Haley and talks about his new book, "The Education of a Senator." ...
Following the decision to ban the globally renowned book “Roots: The Saga of an American Family” by Alex Haley in Knox County Schools last week, family and friends of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning ...
A sculpture of Haley stands in Morningside Park. He donated his personal papers, including drafts of "Roots," to the ...
In 1985, a venerated American author described his affinity for a certain underdog city with big charm. He noted that city's "steadily rising image as a pleasant, entertaining, positive city either to ...