Quote of the Day October 13, 2023 Richard Walsh “In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.” Alex Haley Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers.