During this time, the two men progressed from a tentative, suspicious business relationship to a close, working relationship and friendship. The Epilogue details Alex Haley's association with Malcolm - from the first time he heard of him in 1959 until Malcolm's assassination in 1965.
Davis also considers Malcolm a symbol of African-American manhood, willing and able to stand and fight for what he believed in. As a black man who always told the truth as he saw it, regardless of the consequences, Malcolm was a reproach to those who were afraid to express their true feelings for fear of criticism from whites. He praises Malcolm not only as a person, but as a symbol to the black community. His contribution to the Autobiography is an explanation of Malcolm's significance to him - as a black man. Ossie Davis, a well-known black actor and director, delivered the principal eulogy at Malcolm's funeral service. Malcolm responded favorably to Handler's openness with him, and this brief Introduction gives us one man's honest and thoughtful opinion of Malcolm X. Handler, whom Malcolm called "the most genuinely unprejudiced white man I have met," stood in awe of Malcolm and, while often disagreeing with him, felt a genuine affection for him. 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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