"Roots" author Alex Crossword Clue

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"Roots" author Alex Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock’n’roll music (1925-1981)
2. United States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

AUTHOR (noun)
1. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
2. writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
AUTHOR (verb)
1. be the author of
ROOTS (noun)
1. the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage

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