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I don't know anywhere in the world where there is not racism against somebody.

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Alex Haley
Age: 70 †
Born: 1921
Born: August 11
Died: 1992
Died: February 10
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Journalist
Military Personnel
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Ithica
New York
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley
Alexander M. P. Haley
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Anywhere
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