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> [Most people who read the autobiography perceive the narrative as a story that now millions of people know, and it was - it's a story of human transformation, the powerful epiphany, Malcolm's X journey to Mecca, his renunciation of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/most-people-who-read-the-autobiography-perceive-the-narrative-as-a/)

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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [ 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [ \[Alex Haley\] 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [ 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [ 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [ 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/)

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