Contested Malcolm X papers go to NY Public Library

charley Hively sent over This USAToday Story A collection of Malcolm X’s papers that had been the subject of an ownership dispute has been placed on long-term loan with the New York Public Library.

The collection includes handwritten speeches and journals kept during Malcolm X’s travels to Africa and the Middle East in 1964, a year before his assassination.

“It is significant that the collection will be located in Harlem — on Malcolm X Boulevard — in the neighborhood where much of the drama of Malcolm X’s life unfolded,” said the center’s director, Howard Dodson.