Author Alex Palmer Haley knew he had roots in northwest Alabama, he just couldn’t prove it. He had only an oral history passed down through generations of his family and a family legend that a plantation overseer in Marion County was the father of slave Alec Haley, Alex Haley’s grandfather. Chris Haley, the son of Alex Haley’s brother Julius, may now have lent truth to the story, simply by swabbing cells from his cheek.

Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General (Main Series), 1871 - 1880

National Archives Microfilm Publication M666 Roll 1

"Statements, depositions, and other records submitted by Gov. William W. Holden relating to crimes of the Ku Klux Klan against citizens of North Carolina, 1869 - 1871"

Alabama, State of
Names of some of the persons who have been put to death in that state within the last 2 years by persons wearing the disguise of the Ku Klux Klan