He wrote a book about his family history called "Roots."
a writer a long time ago
its Haley and alex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)***Actually it's Alex Haley. He's the author of "Roots"
he wrote the Autobiography of Malcolm X
Alex Haley was enrolled at http://wiki.answers.com/topic/alcorn-state-university-1 at age 15. Two years later he returned to his parents to inform them of his withdrawal from college.