The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as told to Alex Haley, Grove Press, 1965, is a primary first person account, not an independent scholarly biography. Its strength is that it is Malcolm X's own account of his life and his religious conversions, including his break with the Nation of Islam, in his own words as recorded by Haley. Its limit is the ordinary one for any as told to autobiography: it reflects how its subject chose to present himself near the end of his life, and some details have since been questioned or supplemented by independent historical research.
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Reliability tier 2: a primary first person account recorded by a co-writer, the subject's own words on his life and conversions, reflecting how he chose to present himself and since supplemented by independent historical research. NotesMalcolm X's own as-told-to autobiography, Grove Press, 1965; a first-person account, not independent scholarly biography.
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AuthorMalcolm X with Alex Haley
PublisherGrove Press
Publication Year1965
Source Typeprimary-text
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This source names Nation of Islam directly: "including his break with the Nation of Islam, in his own words as recorded by Haley."
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