What Malcolm X did not know is that back in 1962, a collaborator of Alex Haley, fellow named - a journalist named Alfred Balk had approached the F.B.I. regarding an article that he and Haley were writing together for The Saturday Evening Post, and the F.B.I. had an interest in castigating the Nation of Islam, and isolating it from the mainstream of Negro civil rights activity.

There is no direct evidence that [Alex] Haley sat down with the F.B.I.

I am convinced that the Black man will only reach his full potential when he learns to draw upon the strengths and insights of the Black woman.

I believe that the FBI clearly was concerned, wanted to monitor and disrupt Malcolm X wherever possible.

Malcolm X had a habit of scribbling notes in small pieces of paper that [Alex] Haley would surreptitiously pick up at the end of their discussions.

Anne Romaine collected her own parallel archive to [Alex] Haley.

I think that Malcolm X was the most remarkable historical figure produced by Black America in the 20th century.