Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
After writing so much about his mother's side of the family, Alex Haley decided to throw his dad a bone by writing Queen, which is based on his paternal lineage. (Source)
Struggling writers rejoice—Alex Haley claims that Roots was rejected for publication two hundred times over the course of eight years before it finally made it. (Source)
You know how some people claim to read Playboy for the articles? Well, there was a time when that might've been true. Haley actually made a name for himself by writing interviews for Playboy, many of which were with legit important people such as Martin Luther King Jr. (Source)
Alex Haley wrote one film, and its name is Super Fly T.N.T. That's an awesome name. (Source)
Due to his knowledge, Haley was originally an advisor to Disney when the company was first developing the Africa section of its Epcot theme park. (Source)