References
^ El-Hajj is an honorific given to a Muslim who has completed the Hajj to Mecca.
^ Robin D.G. Kelley, "Malcolm X", Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience (New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999), ISBN 0-465-00071-1.
^ David Haward Bain, The Old Iron Road: An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go West (Penguin Books, 2004, ISBN 0-14-303526-6), pp. 65-66.
^ The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 2.
^ The Autobiography of Malcolm X, pp. 2-3.
^ Bruce Perry, Malcolm: The Life of a Man Who Changed Black America (Station Hill Press, 1991, ISBN 0-88268-103-6), pp. 2, 4.
^ a b c d e Chronology of the Life and Activities of Malcolm X, Malcolm X: A Research Site.
^ Assassination of Malcolm X, Black Muslim, The Crime Library.
^ Malcolm X 1925-1965, Muslim American Society.
^ The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 11.
^ The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 11.
^ The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 36.
^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1486997,00.html Malcolm X - gay black hero?, by Peter Tatchell, The Guardian; May 19, 2005
^ Transcript, Malcolm X: Make It Plain, American Experience, PBS.
^ Ferruccio Gambino, The Transgression of a Laborer: Malcom X in the Wilderness of America, Radical History, Winter 1993.
^ a b Mass Moments: Malcolm X Imprisoned, February 27, 1946.
^ FBI report, Malcolm K. Little [sic], May 4, 1953, p. 3. Available online, p. 7.
^ Malcolm X, OAAU Founding Rally.
^ Malcolm X Oxford Debate, Malcolm X: A Research Site.
^ National Extension College, A2 Government & Politics, Topic 4 – Race and ethnicity, p. 4.
^ In the Epilogue to The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Alex Haley wrote that Malcolm said, "Hold it! Hold it! Don't get excited. Let's cool it brothers." (p. 434.) According to a transcription of a recording of the shooting, Malcolm's only words were, "Hold it!", which he repeated 10 times. (Louis A. DeCaro, Jr., On the Side of My People: A Religious Life of Malcolm X (New York University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-8147-1864-7), p. 274.)
^ Ossie Davis, Eulogy delivered at the funeral of Malcolm X, Faith Temple Church Of God, February 27, 1965.
^ Martin Luther King, Jr., Telegram to Betty Shabazz, February 26, 1965.
^ Karl Evanzz, The Judas Factor: The Plot to Kill Malcolm X (Thunder's Mouth Press, 1992, ISBN 1-56025-049-6) p. 301.
^ Evanzz, p. 305.
^ Evanzz, p. 306.
^ Perry, p. 371.
^ Perry, p. 372.
^ a b Louis E. Lomax, To Kill a Black Man, (Holloway House, 1968, ISBN 0-87067-731-4), p. 198.
^ Evanzz, p. 294.