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"The first time he had taken the massa to one of these "high-falutin' to-dos," as Bell called them, Kunta had been all but overwhelmed by conflicting… - Alex Haley
"The first time he had taken the massa to one of these "high-falutin' to-dos," as Bell called them, Kunta had been all but overwhelmed by conflicting emotions: awe, indignation, envy, contempt, fascination, revulsion — but most of all a deep loneliness and melancholy from which it took him almost a week to recover. He couldn't believe that such incredible wealth actually existed, that people really lived that way. It took him a long time, and a great many more parties, to realize that they didn't live that way, that it was all strangely unreal, a kind of beautiful dream the white folks were having, a lie they were telling themselves: that goodness can come from badness, that it's possible to be civilized with one another without treating as human beings those whose blood, sweat, and mother's milk made possible the life of privilege they led."
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About Alex Haley
Alexander Palmer Haley (11 August 1921 – 10 February 1992) was an American writer best known for his work Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
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Native Name:
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley
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Alex
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Alexander Palmer Haley
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Alexander M. P. Haley
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A. M. P. Haley
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A. Haley
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Haley
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Alexander Haley
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Alex Palmer Haley
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Haley, Alexander Murray Palmer
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Haley, Alex
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Хейли, Алекс
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Алекс Хейли
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А. Хейли
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