Malcolm met writer Alex Haley at the International Hotel near Kennedy Airport as their collaboration continued. The eventual Autobiography was a shaped oral-history project, not a verbatim diary: Haley interviewed and edited Malcolm’s account. Keeping this meeting distinct from their earlier 1963 conversations helps show the book taking form during Malcolm’s growing conflict with the Nation of Islam.
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What was the role of Alex Haley in the autobiography project?
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The book grew from interviews and editorial work with Haley; it is not a verbatim diary.