Articles Quote by Manning Marable

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

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

I love 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X.' That was like the only black book we read in high school.

— Junot Diaz

What Malcolm X did not know is that back in 1962, a collaborator of Alex Haley, fellow named - a journalist named Alfred Balk…

— Manning Marable

'The Autobiography of Malcolm X.' I've used it to demonstrate racial attitudes to people who I thought needed a better understanding of all human…

— Jim Brown

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

It was a big thing for me to read black writers. 'Fences,' by August Wilson. James Baldwin's 'Amen Corner.' 'The Fire Next Time.' 'The…

— Chadwick Boseman

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

“I spent most of my time floating on an inflatable raft in the pristine Mediterranean waters, my big belly curving toward the sun, reading…

— Jane Fonda

I would like to say that whites jumped right behind Malcolm X. They’re makin’ a book about him, it’s required readin’ in all colleges…

— Muhammad Ali

I didn't learn black history in school. I had to go find Malcolm X books.

— Rza

[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