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An Hour with Alex Haley - Part 2 of 2
No full textAn Hour with Alex Haley, chaired by Ian Fraser. American author Alex Haley talks about the genesis of his novel "Roots" and answers questions. (2 tapes.) Radio New Zealand recording. Writers and Readers Week, Wellington, 15/03/1990
An Hour with Alex Haley - Part 1 of 2
No full textAn Hour with Alex Haley, chaired by Ian Fraser. American author Alex Haley talks about the genesis of his novel "Roots" and answers questions. (2 tapes.) Radio New Zealand recording. Writers and Readers Week, Wellington, 15/03/1990
Alex Haley, author
No full textExamines the life and achievements of Alex Haley, celebrated author of "Roots" and other writings, discussing his life and literary career, as well as his obsession with researching his family's history
Alex Haley, A History of the Negro in America, 1968
No full textAlex Haley was an American author and writer of several critically acclaimed novels and biographies including Malcolm X, and Roots: The Saga of an American Family. A fervent scholar of African American history, Haley here gives a presentation centered around his genealogical research in preparation for writing Roots. Referring to African Americans as “the only unwilling immigrants” to the United States, Haley traces his own roots back to the slave ship that brought his ancestors to the New World, detailing European first impressions of African culture, and vice versa.https://commons.emich.edu/lectures_presentations/1002/thumbnail.jp
1982-10-06 Unfinished Business: Author Alex Haley on the Success of His Work Roots
No full textOn this episode of Unfinished Business John Wolfe presents a personality profile of author Alex Haley, discussing the great success of his work Roots, and the thoughts and feelings that followed, this interview took place after a lecture by Haley presented by Morehead State, recorded on October 6, 1982
Rep. Harvey Moss, Debbie Kemp, Lisha Hopper, Meghan Kemp, and Haley Kemp
No full textRep. Harvey Moss with Debbi Kemp, Lisha Hopper, Meghan Kemp, and Haley Kemphttps://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/ua-photo-collection/9300/thumbnail.jp
Haley Hall
No full textHaley Hall When noted author Alex Haley was researching his roots, he discovered that his father, Simon Haley, had been an agricultural student at A&T. The university saw fit to build a landmark in recognition of this historic fact; thus, the construction in 1969 of Haley Hall, a residence hall for male students.https://digital.library.ncat.edu/campusbuildings/1026/thumbnail.jp
Alex Haley
No full textAlex Haley Was Honored by the Institute of African Affairs and Nashville Community Leaders In the Late Spring. Haley, Author of ROOTS, Joined In the Dedication Festivities of the Alex Haley Select Reading and Reference Room.https://digitalscholarship.tnstate.edu/library-digital-collections/1196/thumbnail.jp
Alex Haley
No full textAlex Haley, the author of ROOTS and a few other works, spoke at an Exchange Club luncheon
When Firms Restructure: Understanding Work-Life Outcomes
No full textThis chapter appears in: Work and Life Integration: Organizational, Cultural, and Individual Perspectives (2005), E. Kossek, S. Lambert (Eds.), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ.
Organizational structures are commonly neglected in the analysis of work-life balance opportunities (with important exceptions, such as Lambert, Waxman, & Haley-Lock, 2002). These factors, often in the background, interact with the more typically identified factors such as attributes of individual workers and the work-life policies and strategies adopted by a firm and its managers. Our on- going research examines the interrelationship among structural changes in industries and firms, managerial strategy, and jobs. We focus on internal labor markets and implications for the quality of jobs, particularly the changes in lower-skill and lower-wage jobs, and for opportunity or mobility. In this chapter, we extend that framework to consider implications for work-life integration opportunities as well
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