Elijah Quote by Manning Marable

Malcolm's X objective was actually to reingratiate himself within the Nation of Islam, that because he had emerged by the early 1960s as a…

— Manning Marable

Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad's message made a whole lot of people feel whole again, human being again. Some of them came out and…

— John Henrik Clarke

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

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

— Kekla Magoon

I always had a deep affection for Malcolm and felt that he had a great ability to put his finger on the existence and…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Malcolm X never renounced and never stepped away from a strong commitment to black nationalism and black self-determination. That's absolutely clear if you do…

— Manning Marable

There were internal critics, sharp critics, who were very opposed to [Malcolm X], and who were very - some of them were members of…

— Manning Marable

“Within the Nation, he [Malcolm] explained that his purpose was to present the views of Elijah Muhammad and to challenge distortions about their religion.…

— Manning Marable

I had been attracted by Malcolm X when he was still a member of the Nation of Islam.

— Sekou Odinga

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

— Amiri Baraka

In November 1963, [Malcolm X] gives his famous message to the grassroots address in Detroit, which really kind of marks off the real turning…

— Manning Marable