Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Malcolm X, Alex Haley, Required Reading

I just bought The Autobiography of Malcolm X. One thing that struck me was the line at the bottom--as told to Alex Haley. I generally think of an autobiography as something written by the person themselves, but I understand that this does not have to be the case. I looked at Haley's Wikipedia entry and learned some interesting things:
- He had a career in the Coast Guard
- He wrote for Playboy Magazine
- The aforementioned work was named by Time Magazine as one of the 10 most influential books of the 20th century
That got me interested in the other books. Especially because the Time Magazine article is entitled Required Reading. Wikipedia had a Wayback Machine link, but Time realized the relevance of this article and posted it to their archive. I'll have to add these to my list. 

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