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
- Photograph by
- Williams, Milton, American, born 1940
- Subject of
- Haley, Alex, American, 1921 - 1992
- Cardozo Senior High School, American, founded 1928
- Date
- September 13, 1977
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, mounting board
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 10 13/16 x 13 13/16 in. (27.5 x 35.1 cm)
- Caption
- 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.
- Milton Williams, Moments in Time, 1973-1993 (Nashville: James C. Winston Publishing Co., 1996), 62.
- Description
- 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 depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Literature
- Local and regional
- Oratory
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives
- Object number
- 2011.15.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Milton Williams
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




