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Alex Haley was an American journalist and writer, best known for his 1976 bestseller “Roots: The Saga of an American Family.” “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” was Haley’s first book and the result of a series of extensive interviews with its subject. It is considered one of the most important nonfiction works ever published.

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Alex Haley

“The Autobiography of Malcolm” was a collaborative effort between human rights activist Malcolm X and journalist Alex Haley. An outstanding book about a crucial figure in American cultural history, the autobiography is modeled after a traditional conversion narrative and follows Malcolm’s fall of grace and his subsequent salvation after his imprisonment and conversion to Islam.

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