I believe that if we could see the chapters that are missing from the book [The Autobiography of Malcolm X], we would… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
I am convinced that the Black man will only reach his full potential when he learns to draw upon the strengths and… — 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
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
The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures. — 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
I think that Malcolm X was the most remarkable historical figure produced by Black America in the 20th century. — 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
By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values,… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
[Alex] Haley's objective was quite different. Haley was a republican. He was an integrationist. He was very opposed to black nationalism. — 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
[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
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
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
Gene Roberts, one of Malcolm's X chiefs of security, was an NYPD undercover cop. He later went on to bigger things by… — 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
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 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 outside of… — 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 Malcolm X,… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
[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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image