<I>Roots Author Alex Haley discusses his great-great-great grandfather Chicken George, and his 12 year research for his family Roots with assembled Washington D. C. Cardozo high Schools students in the school auditorium</I>
date: label: Date
content: September 13, 1977
name: label: Photograph by
content: Milton Williams, American, born 1940
label: Subject of
content: Alex Haley, American, 1921 - 1992
label: Subject of
content: Cardozo Senior High School, American, founded 1928
notes: label: Caption
content: Roots author Alex Haley discusses his great-great-great grandfather, Chicken George, and his twelve-year search for his family roots with assembled Washington, D.C., Cardozo High School students in the school auditorium. Haley also co-wrote The Autobiography of Malcolm X. September 13, 1977.
label: Caption
content: Milton Williams, Moments in Time, 1973-1993 (Nashville: James C. Winston Publishing Co., 1996), 62.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Alex Haley speaking into a microphone at a podium and holding up a book open to pages of photographs. The photograph is attached to a thick mounting board. The board is stamped on the back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Oratory
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.15.10
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Milton Williams
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, mounting board
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 10 13/16 x 13 13/16 in. (27.5 x 35.1 cm)