Clarity Quote by Kamasi Washington

I think that in his 39 short years of life, Malcolm X came to symbolize Black urban America, its culture, its politics, its militancy,…

— Manning Marable

I think that Malcolm X was envisioning, even while he was in the Nation of Islam, a black nationalist progressive strategy toward uniting black…

— Manning Marable

Malcolm X had a clear vision and an understanding that we were - that he was a part of a broad freedom struggle.

— Manning Marable

Malcolm X had a clear vision and an understanding that we were - that he was a part of a broad freedom struggle. As…

— Manning Marable

Malcolm X finally became the person he was meant and raised to be. He fought against the forces of racism to return to that.…

— Kekla Magoon

To embrace the ideas of Malcolm X is to embrace the ideas of African Internationalism and the ideas of African Internationalism are opposite and…

— Omali Yeshitela

What is clear is that Malcolm X incorporated within the framework of black nationalism a pan-Africanist and internationalist perspective. In doing so, he began…

— Manning Marable

“Malcolm (X) talked about the need to shift our focus from race to class, both among one another and between ourselves and the white…

— John Lewis

There were tensions between these two organizations [Organization of Afro-American Unity and N.O.I.] , and Malcolm had to negotiate between them and since he…

— Manning Marable

As someone who has an affinity and passion for discussing racial and cultural issues, I made it a point to only discuss those issues…

— Jason Whitlock

[Malcolm X] shared with Marcus Garvey a commitment to building strong black institutions. He shared with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a commitment to…

— Manning Marable

We should understand the impact that Malcolm had on the whole of American society.

— Amiri Baraka