Word: haley
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...logged twelve years and 500,000 miles tracing his roots back to Kunta Kinte, the Mandinka tribesman taken into slavery two centuries ago in West Africa. But Alex Haley, 60, had never met most of his living relatives. So plans began early this year for a mammoth July reunion. Some 300 people from 32 states and all branches of the family tree descended on Haley's sleepy home town of Henning, Tenn. There were teachers, farmers, service workers, ministers, musicians, many excitedly meeting for the first time. Some stopped off to visit family sites like the grave of Haley...
...sponsored two public events--a speech by a prominent Black physicist and a meeting of the Presidential appointed panel on Japanese-American internment--and published a new brochure for the Persia-Julian Black Students in Science Organization. The Foundation's 12-member Board of Associates boasts names like Alex Haley. Barbara Jordan and Beverly Sills, but two members contacted last month were not even aware of their affiliation...
...Alex Haley, 60, celebrated Roots author, on the Tennessee of his youth: "White or black, it didn't matter. You were classified in the Bible Belt South as either Methodist, Baptist or sinner...
However, continuing the pattern established throughout the year, the upper weight class wrestlers overpowered their opponents in the final matches and the team enjoyed the satisfaction of strong performances to settle the score. In the 158-pound class, Sean Haley put the Crimson on top to stay with his second strong performance in a row, a gutsy 7-6 triumph over a strong Doug McDonald...
...Annapolis, Md., it was a modest way of commemorating a neglected event in the nation's history. The black community raised nearly $1,000 for a simple, 75-lb. bronze plaque that read in part: "Commemorating the arrival in this harbor of Kunta Kinte, immortalized by Alex Haley in Roots, and all others who came to these shores in bondage." Two mornings after last week's installation ceremonies (attended by Haley), someone sheared the six bolts anchoring the plaque and made off with it. Left in its place was a small card with the inscription: "You have just...