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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd563ebc60a-8b9a-4649-9a62-dc064218d613

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