Malcolm X was the national spokesperson of the N.O.I., and he wasn't represented in their own newspaper for over a year. — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
I'm so familiar with what Malcolm X wrote at certain stages of his own life and development. — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Malcolm X is a person who has inspired - he has been the muse of several generations of black cultural workers, artists,… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Malcolm X already envisioning the N.O.I. playing a role cooperatively with integrationist organizations. — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Malcolm X had a clear vision and an understanding that we were - that he was a part of a broad freedom… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
I think that Malcolm X was the most remarkable historical figure produced by Black America in the 20th century. — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Malcolm X represents the cutting edge of a kind of critique of globalization in the 21st century. In fact, Malcolm, if anything,… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Malcolm X envisions a broad-based pluralistic united front, which is spearheaded by the Nation of Islam, but mobilizing integrationist organizations, non-political organizations,… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
There was deep knowledge on the part of members of the Nation of Islam regarding the planning, in sight of the OAAU… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
“For all the strides the Nation [of Islam] had made in promoting self-improvement in the lives of its members, its political isolation… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
[Malcolm X] shared with Marcus Garvey a commitment to building strong black institutions. He shared with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
[Alex] Haley felt he could make a solid case in favor of racial integration by showing what was - to white America… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
[Alex Hayley] wanted to show the negative aspects of the N.O.I.'s ideology, Yacub's history, and all of the ramifications of racial separatism… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
The F.B.I. was very happy with the article they produced, which was entitled, "The Black Merchants of Hate," that came out in… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
One of the striking things about doing research on Malcolm X, and I believe that most Malcolm X researchers could tell you… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Malcolm X had a clear vision and an understanding that we were - that he was a part of a broad freedom… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
The Organization of Afro-American Unity was an organization that was a secular group. It largely consisted of people that we would later… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Over a period of about year-and-a-half, Malcolm X and [Alex] Haley agreed to work with each other. They met usually after a… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Malcolm X broke with the N.O.I. in March 1964, and in that last 11 chaotic months, he spent most of the time… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Malcolm's X objective was actually to reingratiate himself within the Nation of Islam, that because he had emerged by the early 1960s… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
What Malcolm X did not know is that back in 1962, a collaborator of Alex Haley, fellow named - a journalist named… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Elements within Malcolm's X own entourage, some of them were very angry with some of the changes that had occurred with Malcolm.… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
There were internal critics, sharp critics, who were very opposed to [Malcolm X], and who were very - some of them were… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
The MMI brothers, who provided security for Malcolm X had been trained by Malcolm himself that inside of the Nation of Islam,… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
I think that Malcolm X was envisioning, even while he was in the Nation of Islam, a black nationalist progressive strategy toward… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Either Malcolm X or Martin [Luther King] could have played the role of a unifier, but it was - Malcolm as long… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Malcolm X never renounced and never stepped away from a strong commitment to black nationalism and black self-determination. That's absolutely clear if… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
There's a hidden history. You see, Malcolm X and [Alex ] Haley collaborated to produce a magnificent narrative about the life of… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Malcolm X felt that if he could make a public - a prominent public statement to show his fidelity to the Honorable… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
What is clear is that Malcolm X incorporated within the framework of black nationalism a pan-Africanist and internationalist perspective. In doing so,… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
I think that in his 39 short years of life, Malcolm X came to symbolize Black urban America, its culture, its politics,… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
What is striking is that from almost from the very beginning of certainly by September and October of 1963, as the book… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Most people who read the autobiography perceive the narrative as a story that now millions of people know, and it was -… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
We know from Talmadge Hayer, one of the men who carried out the assassination, who was shot by Ruben X as he tried to… — Manning Marable Copy Share
Malcolm X broke with the N.O.I. in March 1964, and in that last 11 chaotic months, he spent most of the time outside of… — Manning Marable Copy Share
There's a hidden history. You see, Malcolm X and [Alex ] Haley collaborated to produce a magnificent narrative about the life of Malcolm X,… — Manning Marable Copy Share
The NYPD was ubiquitous. They were always around Malcolm X. Whenever Malcolm spoke, there would be one or two dozen cops all over the… — Manning Marable Copy Share
Whiteness in a racist, corporate-controlled society is like having the image of an American Express Cardstamped on one's face: immediately you are “universally accepted.” — Manning Marable Copy Share
[Alex Haley] objective was to illustrate that the racial separatism of the N.O.I. was a kind of pathological or a kind of - it… — Manning Marable Copy Share
Two of the three men, who were imprisoned, Norman Butler and Robert 15x Johnson, convicted and given life sentences, I'm absolutely convinced were innocent.… — Manning Marable Copy Share
In the case of Alex Haley, Haley's material is located at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, primarily. But there are a whole series… — Manning Marable Copy Share
I believe that if we could see the chapters that are missing from the book [The Autobiography of Malcolm X], we would gain an… — Manning Marable Copy Share
The liberal uses the radical's language to achieve the conservative's aim: the preservation of the capitalist system, and the traditional ethnic/racial hierarchy within society. — Manning Marable Copy Share
Malcolm X had a habit of scribbling notes in small pieces of paper that [Alex] Haley would surreptitiously pick up at the end of… — Manning Marable Copy Share
What is striking is that from almost from the very beginning of certainly by September and October of 1963, as the book was being… — Manning Marable Copy Share
At the heart of the fractured soul of America is the frightening chasm of race. — Manning Marable Copy Share
“To blacks, it was abundantly clear what groups like the NAACP and CORE wanted; the NOI, by contrast and largely by design, had no… — Manning Marable Copy Share
Either Malcolm X or Martin [Luther King] could have played the role of a unifier, but it was - Malcolm as long as he… — Manning Marable Copy Share
![“For all the strides the Nation [of Islam] had made in promoting self-improvement in the lives of its members, its political isolation had left it powerless to change the external conditions that bounded their freedoms (177).” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/41d/manning-marable-9023_freedom_for-all-the-strides-the-nation-of-islam_2451815.jpg)
![“[Malcolm X] shared with Marcus Garvey a commitment to building strong black institutions. He shared with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a commitment to peace and the freedom of racialized minorities.” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/87a/manning-marable-9023_black_malcolm-x-shared-with-marcus-garvey-a-co_2518324.jpg)
![“[Alex] Haley felt he could make a solid case in favor of racial integration by showing what was - to white America - what was the consequence of their support for racial separatism that would end up producing a kind of hate, the hate that hate produced, to use the phrase that Mike Wallace used in…” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d0f/manning-marable-9023_alex_alex-haley-felt-he-could-make-a-solid-ca_872726.jpg)
![“[Alex Hayley] wanted to show the negative aspects of the N.O.I.'s ideology, Yacub's history, and all of the ramifications of racial separatism that he felt were negative, and that Malcolm, being as charismatic as he was, a very attractive figure, nevertheless, he embodied these kind of negative…” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0c0/manning-marable-9023_alex_alex-hayley-wanted-to-show-the-negative_2630092.jpg)
![“Over a period of about year-and-a-half, Malcolm X and [Alex] Haley agreed to work with each other. They met usually after a long business day that Malcolm put in very tired. He would get there at about - either at Haley's apartment or they would meet at then Idyllwild Airport at a hotel, and…” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/181/manning-marable-9023_airports_over-a-period-of-about-year-and-a-half-m_2954545.jpg)
![“There were internal critics, sharp critics, who were very opposed to [Malcolm X], and who were very - some of them were members of Elijah Mohammad's family, such as Herbert Mohammad, Raymond Shareef, who was the head of the Fruit of Islam, the brother-in-law of - the son-in-law of Elijah Mohammad…” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/880/manning-marable-9023_brother_there-were-internal-critics-sharp-critic_1177363.jpg)
![“The MMI brothers, who provided security for Malcolm X had been trained by Malcolm himself that inside of the Nation of Islam, whenever there is a diversion, you protect the principal. The principal, in this case Malcolm, clearly was not protected on February 21st [1965].” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/174/manning-marable-9023_brother_the-mmi-brothers-who-provided-security-f_1586745.jpg)
![“Either Malcolm X or Martin [Luther King] could have played the role of a unifier, but it was - Malcolm as long as he remained within the Nation of Islam, talking to the converted, he did not represent a fundamental threat to the American government.” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ed1/manning-marable-9023_american-government_either-malcolm-x-or-martin-luther-king-c_703230.jpg)
![“There's a hidden history. You see, Malcolm X and [Alex ] Haley collaborated to produce a magnificent narrative about the life of Malcolm X, but the two men had very different motives in coming together.” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d95/manning-marable-9023_alex_there-s-a-hidden-history-you-see-malcolm_138170.jpg)
![“What is striking is that from almost from the very beginning of certainly by September and October of 1963, as the book was being constructed, that [Alex] Haley was vetting - asking questions to the publisher and to the publisher's attorney regarding many of the things that Malcolm X was saying…” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1fe/manning-marable-9023_alex_what-is-striking-is-that-from-almost-fro_622399.jpg)
