Very few people have actually had a chance to see the raw material that was going to comprise these three chapters [of… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Now, of course, people know that over the last several months prior to February 21st, 1965, the OAAU and MMI tried to… — 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
I have asked James Shabazz, I've asked other people who are members of the OAAU, Herman Ferguson and others, what led to… — 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
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
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
![“Very few people have actually had a chance to see the raw material that was going to comprise these three chapters [of Malcolm X Autobiography]. The missing political testament that should have been in the autobiography, but isn't.” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8bb/manning-marable-9023_autobiography_very-few-people-have-actually-had-a-chan_1270777.jpg)
![“I have asked James Shabazz, I've asked other people who are members of the OAAU, Herman Ferguson and others, what led to that disastrous decision [that the guards didn't carry weapons]? James Shabazz said to me with a shrug, you just didn't know Malcolm. Malcolm was adamant, and that whatever…” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5f0/manning-marable-9023_adamant_i-have-asked-james-shabazz-i-ve-asked-ot_1126877.jpg)
![“We know from Talmadge Hayer, one of the men who carried out the assassination, who was shot by Ruben X as he tried to flee the Audubon after shooting Malcolm X, we know that Hayer confessed years later to his Imam in prison that there had been a walk-through a week prior to February 21st [1965] at…” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/645/manning-marable-9023_assassination_we-know-from-talmadge-hayer-one-of-the-m_101701.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/quotes/img-quotes/d95/manning-marable-9023_alex_there-s-a-hidden-history-you-see-malcolm_138170.jpg)
![“[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 was the logical culmination of separatism and racial isolationism and exclusion.” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/266/manning-marable-9023_alex_alex-haley-objective-was-to-illustrate-t_293482.jpg)
![“I believe that if we could see the chapters that are missing from the book [The Autobiography of Malcolm X], we would gain an understanding as to why perhaps - perhaps - the F.B.I., the C.I.A., the New York Police Department and others in law enforcement greatly feared what Malcolm X was about…” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/690/manning-marable-9023_ahead-of-time_i-believe-that-if-we-could-see-the-chapt_534619.jpg)
![“Malcolm X had a habit of scribbling notes in small pieces of paper that [Alex] Haley would surreptitiously pick up at the end of their discussions.” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d68/manning-marable-9023_alex_malcolm-x-had-a-habit-of-scribbling-note_578782.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/quotes/img-quotes/1fe/manning-marable-9023_alex_what-is-striking-is-that-from-almost-fro_622399.jpg)