Queen Haley was the subject of Alex Haley’s book “Queen ... Shutt said he wants the statue in order to draw tourism. Much of the paint on Queen Haley’s tombstone already has been removed ...

County and city officials have contributed $150,000 to the project, and the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley ... haven that will draw people from all over the world,” Owens said. The Haley statue is ...

Lamar Alexander, the Republican senator from Tennessee, and Alex Haley, the author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, were close friends and native Tennesseans.