Body Quote by Muhammad Ali

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 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

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 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

“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

Malcolm X got famous mainly by being hard on white people, white devils, blue-eyed blond-headed dogs.

— Muhammad Ali

Everything I got comes from Elijah Mohammed. He taught me who I was, he made me proud, he made me fearless, he made me…

— Muhammad Ali

Everything the black people are doing comes from the Honorable Elijah Mohammed. They are black now, they don't want to be called Negroes. This…

— Muhammad Ali

Malcolm X envisions a broad-based pluralistic united front, which is spearheaded by the Nation of Islam, but mobilizing integrationist organizations, non-political organizations, civic groups,…

— Manning Marable

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

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says that the black man in America, for the past 400 years, has been like a boy in the white…

— Malcolm X