He started his career as a writer in 1959 after leaving the Coast Gaurd
What is the year Alex started his career as a writer?
100
August 11, 1921
What is the date Alex Hayley was born
100
His most popular book was "Roots"
What is his most popular book?
100
Haley wrote two books in his final years they were: " A Different Kind of Christmas" and "Queen"
What is the title of the two books that Haley wrote in his final years?
100
Black History Month is an annual celebration of the acheivements of African Americans
What is Black History Month
200
Alex got his first big break when Playboy assigned him to conduct an interview with the famous trumpeter Miles Davis
What is the first big break Alex got?
200
Alex lived in Tennessee
What is the state Alex lived in for the first five years of his lfe
200
Alex won the Pulitzer Prize from his book "Roots"
What is the award that Alex won in 1977?
200
Haley died at the age of 70
What is the age Haley at?
200
The name of the previous celebration for African Americans was "Negro History Week"
What is the previous celebration for the African Americans name?
300
In 1963 Alex wrote "The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley"
What is the book Alex wrote in 1963
300
Alex is proud of his father because he overcame the obstace of racism to acheive sucess and provide better opportunities for his children
What is the reason for Alex being proud of his father?
300
Haley won the American Defense Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and an honorary degree from the Coast Guard Academy.
What are the names of the medals that Haley won after World War II?
300
Haley died of a heart attack
What is the cause of Haley's death
300
Black History Month began in 1915 half a century after the thirteenth amendment
What is the year Black History began?
400
Roots is a book about retelling his ancestors story about coming from Africa to America as slaves then their rise from slavery to freedom
What is "Roots" about ?
400
Alex graduated high school at the age of 15
What is the age Alex graduated high school at?
400
Today Haley is credited with starting a nationwide interest in genealogy and contributing to easing the racial tension
What is Haley credited with starting?
400
"Negro Celebration Week" was the second week of February so that it coinsides with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass
What is the reason for "Negro Celebration Week" to be the second week of February
500
He started writing while he was in the Coast Gaurd to avoid to revleive his boredom while on ship
What started his writing career?
500
Alex held the rank of cheif jounalist of Coast Gaurd
What is the rank Alex held until his retirement
500
Haley gor married to Nannie Branch in 1941
What is the name of Haley's wife
500
The goal of Haley's writing life was to advance the cause of African Americans
What was the goal of Haley's writing life?
500
The reason for "Negro History Week" becoming "Black history Month" is that after the Civil Rights Movement some college campuses becan celebrating Black History Month. Then President Gerald R. Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976
What is the reason for "Negro History Week" becoming "Black History Month"