Editing Alex Haley (section)

==Awards and recognition==
* In 1977, Haley earned a [[Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards|Pulitzer Prize Special Award]] for ''Roots'' ("Alex Haley, For Roots, the story of a black family from its origins in Africa through seven generations to the present day in America.")<ref>[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/alex-haley "The 1977 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Special Citations and Awards"]</ref>
* In 1977 Haley received the [[Spingarn Medal]] from the [[NAACP]], for his exhaustive research and literary skill combined in ''Roots''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naacp.org/pages/spingarn-medal-winners|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802063355/http://www.naacp.org/pages/spingarn-medal-winners|url-status=dead|title=NAACP Spingarn Medal|archive-date=August 2, 2014}}</ref>
* In 1977, Haley received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Our History Photo: Academy guests of honor: sports journalist Howard Cosell, Alex Haley, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family, and the Emmy Award-winning actor Edward Asner at the 1977 Banquet of the Golden Plate during the American Academy of Achievement Summit held in Orlando, Florida.|publisher= [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/|access-date= August 18, 2020|archive-date= August 6, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200806042622/https://achievement.org/our-history/|url-status= live}}</ref>
* The food-service building at the U.S. Coast Guard [[Training Center Petaluma|Training Center]], [[Petaluma, California]], was named Haley Hall in honor of the author.
* In 1999 the Coast Guard honored Haley by naming the [[USCG Cutter|cutter]] {{USCGC|Alex Haley|WMEC-39|6}} after him.<ref name="cutter">[http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/haleywmec.asp ''Alex Haley'' USCG cutter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210031711/http://uscg.mil/datasheet/haleywmec.asp |date=February 10, 2009 }}, US Coast Guard</ref>
* The U.S. Coast Guard annually awards the Chief Journalist Alex Haley Award, which is named in honor of the writer as the Coast Guard's first chief journalist (the first Coast Guardsman in the rating of journalist to be advanced to the rate of chief petty officer). It rewards individual authors and photographers who have had articles or photographs communicating the Coast Guard story published in internal newsletters or external publications.<ref name=USCG2>Medals and Awards Manual, COMDTINST M1650.25D (May 2008), US Coast Guard</ref>
* In 2002 the [[Republic of Korea]] (South Korea) posthumously awarded Haley its [[Korean War Service Medal]] (created in 1951), which the U.S. government did not allow its service members to accept until 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hrc.army.mil/Default.aspx?ID=10726 |title=Republic of Korea Korean War Service Medal |date=April 11, 2016 |website=United States Army Human Resources Command |publisher=[[United States Army]] |access-date=June 4, 2016 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128105125/https://www.hrc.army.mil/Default.aspx?ID=10726 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7846 |title=Republic of Korea Korean War Service Medal |date=August 5, 2010 |website=Air Force Personnel Center |publisher=[[United States Air Force]] |access-date=June 4, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401041919/http://www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7846 |archive-date=April 1, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>