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The Struggle In Alex Haley's Writings

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Alex Haley was an African American writer who mainly wrote about historical fiction. Born on August 11, 1921, in Ithaca, New York, Alex Haley was an American writer whose books included Roots and The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Most of his writings were focused on the struggles of African Americans. He died in Seattle, Washington, on February 10, 1992. In 1978 American anthropologist and novelist, Harold Courlander filed a lawsuit against Alex Haley claiming he had plagiarized 81 passages from his book named The African. At the end of everything, the two settled out of court with Haley paying $650,000 to the Harold Courlander and his publisher and acknowledging that he did indeed copy parts of Courlander's work. Not as famous black scholars
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