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Haley's account of his ancestor Kunta Kinte, who was captured by slave .... his 
mother took him south, to Henning, Tennessee, in order to live with her parents. 
.... approach to the strange African words he had learned from his grandmother. [DOC] [TLE] Alex Haley Biography - life, family, story, history, school, mother, son ... [PAR] Alex Haley is the celebrated author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family ... 
Growing up, Haley became interested in his ancestry while listening to ... His first 
book, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965), which he cowrote ... The tale 
follows the life of Kunta Kinte, a proud African who was kidnapped from his 
village in... [DOC] [TLE] Alex Haley - Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation [PAR] Alex Haley, author of Roots, greets fans at City Dock in downtown Historic 
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Kinte, ... his maternal grandparents while spending his summers in Henning, 
Tennessee. ... Tennessee, adjacent to the Museum of Appalachia, intending to 
live there. [DOC] [TLE] Alex Haley Museum And Interpretive Center - Alex Haley Childhood ... [PAR] These stories inspired Haley to write about his ancestry in a book called ... Past 
Curators Discuss Alex Haley And His Henning Museum ... Tennessee Treasures 
visited the Alex Haley Museum featuring Alex Haleywriter of the novel Roots. ... 
by Roots where Kunta Kinte is lifted to the night sky by his father Omoro who said
... [DOC] [TLE] Alex Haley [PAR] In it Haley traced his ancestry back to Africa and covered seven American 
generations, starting from his ancestor, Kunta Kinte. The book was ... In 1921 the 
family moved to the small town of Henning, Tennessee. Alex lived there for five ... 
She died when Alex was 10 and his father remarried two years later. In Henning 
Alex... [DOC] [TLE] Alex Haley - Biography in Context - Gale [PAR] Co-author of with Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Ballantine, 1965; 
... Haley's account of his ancestor Kunta Kinte, who was captured by slave traders 
in ... his mother took him south, to Henning, Tennessee, to live with her parents. ... 
approach to the strange African words he had learned from his grandmother. [DOC] [TLE] BLACK Calendar - Timeline | Facebook [PAR] As a young boy, Alex Haley first learned of his African ancestor, Kunta Kinte, by 
listening to the family stories of his maternal grandparents while spending his... [DOC] [TLE] Alex Haley - American Society of Authors and Writers [PAR] Through Roots, Haley traced his ancestry back to Africa and explored seven 
generations, starting from his ancestor, Kunta Kinte. The resulting book was ... in 
every African village. The first group consisted of the living. ... During those 
frustrating years of turn-downs, Haley learned the basics of his craft. Haley left the 
Coast... [DOC] [TLE] from - hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca [PAR] American biographer, scriptwriter, author who became famous with the 
publication ... The family moved to the small town of Henning, Tennessee, when 
Alex Haley was an infant. In Henning Haley heard stories from his maternal 
grandmother, Cynthia ... griot, oral historian, who could name Haley's own 
ancestor Kunta Kinte. [DOC] [TLE] Alex Haley's Search for <em>Roots</em> Took Him First to the Brink ... [PAR] Oct 18, 1976 ... Tears glisten in Alex Haley's eyes as he recalls his brush with suicide. ... Africa 
and struggling to write a description of his ancestor's feelings as he ... Even 
granting an author

Question: This author first learned of his African ancestor Kunta Kinte while living this his grandparents in Tennessee
Answer: Alex Haley