Alex Haley, Entertainer
Grandson Michael Baker recalls Haley's larger-than-life personality.
Alex Haley’s grandson Michael Baker recently ventured to the small town in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, where his ancestor Kunta Kinte once toiled as a slave. In an interview with Ebony, he explained that once he discovered only Haley among his family had visited the site in the mid-1970s after publishing Roots, he decided it was necessary to make the trip.
Baker also had a fun answer when interviewer Chris Williams asked about “some of the things people may not know” about Haley:
“He was an entertainer.
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