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The Autobiography of Malcolm X, biography, published in 1965, of the American Black militant religious leader and activist who was born Malcolm Little. Written by Alex Haley, who had conducted extensive audiotaped interviews with Malcolm X just before his assassination in 1965, the book gained renown as a classic work on the Black American experience.

The Autobiography recounts the life of Malcolm X from his traumatic childhood plagued by racism to his years as a drug dealer and pimp, his conversion to the Black Muslim (Nation of Islam) faith while in prison for burglary, his subsequent years of militant activism, and the turn late in his life to more orthodox Islam.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Adam Augustyn.