Black History: Happy Birthday Rowan, Carl T. (1925–2000) #Rowan was born August 11, 1925, in the mining town of #Ravenscroft, #Tennessee.
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Black History: Alexander Murray Palmer Haley, better known as Alex Haley, was a celebrated #author whose books centered around #AfricanAmerican heritage. He was born on August 11, 1921 in #Ithaca, #NewYork to Simon and Bertha Palmer Haley. For the first few years of his life he lived in #Tennessee with his mother and grandparents, while his father was at #CornellUniversity studying #agriculture.
