[litehaus]

Was there not a time when this story was exposed as “made up”?

[SJSAMPLE]

Yes. Haley stole the story from a WHITE GUY who documented it years before. Haley settled and “Roots” was quietly removed from the History section to the Fiction section.

[EveningStar]

Was there not a time when this story was exposed as “made up”?

Somewhat. There was also an accusation of plagiarism.

[ruination]

He's "the Lance Armstrong of literature."

Haley not only lost a high-profile plagiarism suit against his work in “Roots, but any serious look into the Haley family’s genealogy has found — and I’m being generous — that large portions of what was sold as non-fiction cannot be verified.