A. Peter Bailey (born February 24, 1938) is an American journalist, author, and lecturer. He was an associate of Malcolm X's and a member of the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

Alfonzo Peter Bailey^[1] was born in Columbus, Georgia, on February 24, 1938, and raised in Tuskegee, Alabama.^[2] He was in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1959, and attended Howard University until 1961.^[2]

In 1962, Bailey moved to Harlem.^[2] That June, he heard Malcolm X speak near Mosque No. 7.^[1] When Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam in 1964, Bailey became a founding member of his Organization of Afro-American Unity.^[3] Bailey served as editor of the group's newsletter, titled Blacklash.^[2] He was a pallbearer at Malcolm X's funeral in 1965.^[3]

Bailey served as associate editor at Ebony from 1968 to 1975.^[2] He was associate director of the Black Theatre Alliance (BTA) from 1975 to 1981, and he edited the BTA Newsletter.^[2]

In 1998, he wrote Seventh Child: A Family Memoir of Malcolm X with Malcolm X's nephew, Rodnell Collins.^[4] He wrote Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey in 1995 based on interviews he conducted with the choreographer in the years before his 1989 death.^[5] In 2013, he wrote a memoir titled Witnessing Brother Malcolm X: The Master Teacher.^[1][3]

Bailey has contributed articles to The Black Collegian, Black Enterprise, Black World, Essence, Jet, The Negro Digest, the New York Daily News, and The New York Times.^[2] He writes a bimonthly column for the Trice-Edney Wire Service.^[2]

Bailey has lectured about Malcolm X at three dozen colleges and universities, and taught as an adjunct professor at Hunter College, the University of the District of Columbia, and Virginia Commonwealth University.^[2]

• Harlem: Precious Memories, Great Expectations. ISBN 978-0-9726958-0-0.
• Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey with Alvin Ailey. ISBN 978-1-55972-255-1.
• Seventh Child: A Family Memoir of Malcolm X with Rodnell P. Collins. ISBN 978-1-55972-491-3.
• Witnessing Brother Malcolm X: The Master Teacher. ISBN 978-1-62550-039-7.