--- title: "8 African american Quotes By Malcolm X" description: "8 African american quotes by Malcolm X. Plus more from Malcolm X and more African american sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/malcolm-x-213_african-american_american-civil-rights-leader-where-do-we_8166.jpg" --- > [American civil rights leader, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Lynching is a murder. For the past four hundred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/american-civil-rights-leader-where-do-we-go-from-here-chaos-or/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/malcolm-x-213_african-american_american-civil-rights-leader-where-do-we_8166.jpg) > [One of the things that made the Black Muslim movement grow was its emphasis upon things African. This was the secret to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/one-of-the-things-that-made-the-black-muslim-movement-grow-was-its/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a24/malcolm-x-213_african-american_one-of-the-things-that-made-the-black-mu_838371.jpg) > [After four hundred years of slave labor, we have some back pay coming, a bill owed to us that must be collected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/after-four-hundred-years-of-slave-labor-we-have-some-back-pay-coming/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bea/malcolm-x-213_african-american_after-four-hundred-years-of-slave-labor_865629.jpg) > [I'm not going to sit at your table and watch you eat, with nothing on my plate, and call myself a diner.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-m-not-going-to-sit-at-your-table-and-watch-you-eat-with-nothing-on/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/malcolm-x-213_african-american_i-m-not-going-to-sit-at-your-table-and-w_970234.jpg) > [22 million African-Americans - that's what we are - Africans who are in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/22-million-african-americans-that-s-what-we-are-africans-who-are-in/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d74/malcolm-x-213_african-american_22-million-african-americans-that-s-what_1432155.jpg) > [Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/don-t-be-in-a-hurry-to-condemn-because-he-doesn-t-do-what-you-do-or/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/malcolm-x-213_african-american_don-t-be-in-a-hurry-to-condemn-because-h_1502616.jpg) > [Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/be-peaceful-be-courteous-obey-the/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/739/malcolm-x-213_african-american_be-peaceful-be-courteous-obey-the-182304_1823042.jpg) > [Twenty-two million African-Americans - that's what we are - Africans who are in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/twenty-two-million-african-americans-that-s-what-we-are-africans-who/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/399/malcolm-x-213_african-american_twenty-two-million-african-americans-tha_2439205.jpg) ## Other authors on African american - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michelle-alexander-67636.jpg) Michelle Alexander 43 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/michelle-alexander/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 39 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 36 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tanehisi-coates-88839.jpg) Ta-Nehisi Coates 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/ta-nehisi-coates/) - [Maya Angelou 23 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/maya-angelou/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-louis-gates-41603.jpg) Henry Louis Gates 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/henry-louis-gates/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bernie-sanders-17420.jpg) Bernie Sanders 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/bernie-sanders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oprah-winfrey-72703.jpg) Oprah Winfrey 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/oprah-winfrey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michael-eric-dyson-67074.jpg) Michael Eric Dyson 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/michael-eric-dyson/) - [Salim Akil 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/salim-akil/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elizabeth-bear-32477.jpg) Richard Rothstein 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/richard-rothstein/) ## More by Malcolm X > [If Christianity had asserted itself in Germany, six million Jews would have lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/if-christianity-had-asserted-itself-in-germany-six-million-jews-would/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Adam Clayton Powell's entire political career has to be looked at in the entire context of the American history and the history of, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/adam-clayton-powell-s-entire-political-career-has-to-be-looked-at-in/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [American civil rights leader, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Lynching is a murder. For the past four hundred years our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/american-civil-rights-leader-where-do-we-go-from-here-chaos-or/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Be nonviolent only with those who are nonviolent to you. And when you can bring me a nonviolent racist, bring me a nonviolent segregationist,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/be-nonviolent-only-with-those-who-are-nonviolent-to-you-and-when-you/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [You can't legislate good will - that comes through education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/you-can-t-legislate-good-will-that-comes-through-education/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/truth-is-on-the-side-of-the-oppressed-today-it-s-against-the-oppressor/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Those type of whites who are always going to jail with Negroes are the ones who tell Negroes to be loving and be kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/those-type-of-whites-who-are-always-going-to-jail-with-negroes-are/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [We Muslims believe that the white race, which is guilty of having oppressed and exploited and enslaved our people here in America, should and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/we-muslims-believe-that-the-white-race-which-is-guilty-of-having/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [I mean a real police state just to get a token recognition of a law. It take, it took, I think, 15,000 troops and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-mean-a-real-police-state-just-to-get-a-token-recognition-of-a-law/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Like Samson, I am ready to pull down the white man's temple, knowing full well that I will be destroyed by the falling rubble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/like-samson-i-am-ready-to-pull-down-the-white-man-s-temple-knowing/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Any negro who occupies a position that was given to him by the white man, if you analyze his function, his function never enables…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/any-negro-who-occupies-a-position-that-was-given-to-him-by-the-white/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Stumbling is not falling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/stumbling-is-not-falling/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [God is going to punish the white man for his misdeeds toward black people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/god-is-going-to-punish-the-white-man-for-his-misdeeds-toward-black/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Much of what I say might sound like it's stirring up trouble, but it's the truth!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/much-of-what-i-say-might-sound-like-it-s-stirring-up-trouble-but-it-s/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-believe-in-the-brotherhood-of-all-men-but-i-don-t-believe-in/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/malcolm-x/#itemlist", "name": "8 African american Quotes By Malcolm X", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "American civil rights leader, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? 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