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Tying the little folks with the older folks is a great and powerful tool to preserve and to protect the family and the individual.

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Alex Haley
Age: 70 †
Born: 1921
Born: August 11
Died: 1992
Died: February 10
Biographer
Genealogist
Historian
Journalist
Military Personnel
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Ithica
New York
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley
Alexander M. P. Haley
Family
Preserve
Individual
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Littles
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Folks
Great
Older
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Protect
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Tying

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