--- title: "3 Afros Quotes By Manning Marable" description: "3 Afros quotes by Manning Marable. Plus more from Manning Marable and more Afros sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/manning-marable-9023_afros_malcolm-x-broke-with-the-n-o-i-in-march_103118.jpg" --- > [Malcolm X broke with the N.O.I. in March 1964, and in that last 11 chaotic months, he spent most of the time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/malcolm-x-broke-with-the-n-o-i-in-march-1964-and-in-that-last-11/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/manning-marable-9023_afros_malcolm-x-broke-with-the-n-o-i-in-march_103118.jpg) > [The Organization of Afro-American Unity was an organization that was a secular group. It largely consisted of people that we would later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/the-organization-of-afro-american-unity-was-an-organization-that-was/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88c/manning-marable-9023_activism_the-organization-of-afro-american-unity_962233.jpg) > [ There were tensions between these two organizations \[Organization of Afro-American Unity and N.O.I.\] , and Malcolm had to negotiate between them and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/there-were-tensions-between-these-two-organizations-organization-of/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e79/manning-marable-9023_afros_there-were-tensions-between-these-two-or_2255572.jpg) ## Other authors on Afros ## More by Manning Marable > [We know from Talmadge Hayer, one of the men who carried out the assassination, who was shot by Ruben X as he tried to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/we-know-from-talmadge-hayer-one-of-the-men-who-carried-out-the/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/malcolm-x-broke-with-the-n-o-i-in-march-1964-and-in-that-last-11/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) > [ There's a hidden history. You see, Malcolm X and \[Alex \] Haley collaborated to produce a magnificent narrative about the life of Malcolm X,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/there-s-a-hidden-history-you-see-malcolm-x-and-alex-haley/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) > [The NYPD was ubiquitous. They were always around Malcolm X. Whenever Malcolm spoke, there would be one or two dozen cops all over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/the-nypd-was-ubiquitous-they-were-always-around-malcolm-x-whenever/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) > [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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/whiteness-in-a-racist-corporate-controlled-society-is-like-having-the/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) > [ \[Alex Haley\] objective was to illustrate that the racial separatism of the N.O.I. was a kind of pathological or a kind of - it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/alex-haley-objective-was-to-illustrate-that-the-racial-separatism-of/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/two-of-the-three-men-who-were-imprisoned-norman-butler-and-robert-15x/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/in-the-case-of-alex-haley-haley-s-material-is-located-at-the/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) > [ I believe that if we could see the chapters that are missing from the book \[The Autobiography of Malcolm X\], we would gain an… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/i-believe-that-if-we-could-see-the-chapters-that-are-missing-from-the/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/the-liberal-uses-the-radical-s-language-to-achieve-the-conservative-s/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) > [ Malcolm X had a habit of scribbling notes in small pieces of paper that \[Alex\] Haley would surreptitiously pick up at the end of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/malcolm-x-had-a-habit-of-scribbling-notes-in-small-pieces-of-paper/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) > [What is striking is that from almost from the very beginning of certainly by September and October of 1963, as the book was being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/what-is-striking-is-that-from-almost-from-the-very-beginning-of/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) > [At the heart of the fractured soul of America is the frightening chasm of race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/at-the-heart-of-the-fractured-soul-of-america-is-the-frightening/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) > [“To blacks, it was abundantly clear what groups like the NAACP and CORE wanted; the NOI, by contrast and largely by design, had no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/to-blacks-it-was-abundantly-clear-what-groups-like-the-naacp-and-core/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) > [ Either Malcolm X or Martin \[Luther King\] could have played the role of a unifier, but it was - Malcolm as long as he… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/either-malcolm-x-or-martin-luther-king-could-have-played-the-role-of/) [Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afros/manning-marable/#itemlist", "name": "3 Afros Quotes By Manning Marable", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 the United States. 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