Handler of the New York Times, expresses a sympathetic white man's attitude toward Malcolm, along with an assessment of Malcolm's ultimate significance. But most important, it continues the narrative of Malcolm's life through the last few months, describing the assassination and its aftermath in some detail. This section tells of Haley's personal relationship with Malcolm, and of how the book was composed by the two men working together. The most important of these three sections is the Epilogue, written by Alex Haley, the editor who assembled the Autobiography with Malcolm's direction. They give personal views of Malcolm by people who knew him, thus complementing the picture of him which we are given in his own words. Those parts of the Autobiography which are not strictly autobiographical, which were not narrated by Malcolm himself, should still be considered integral parts of this book.
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