[Alex] Haley felt he could make a solid case in favor of racial integration by showing what was - to white America - what was the consequence of their support for racial separatism that would end up producing a kind of hate, the hate that hate produced, to use the phrase that Mike Wallace used in his 1959 documentary on the Nation of Islam.
Manning Marable[Alex] Haley had a tendency to write even more frequently and voluminously to his agents and his editors than he did putting pen to paper in his own books.
Manning MarableThere's a hidden history. You see, Malcolm X and [Alex ] Haley collaborated to produce a magnificent narrative about the life of Malcolm X, but the two men had very different motives in coming together.
Manning MarableWhiteness in a racist, corporate-controlled society is like having the image of an American Express Cardstamped on one's face: immediately you are โuniversally accepted.โ
Manning MarableMalcolm X already envisioning the N.O.I. playing a role cooperatively with integrationist organizations.
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