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[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

There never has been a desire on the part of the government that the struggle of Black people in America should be linked to…

— Louis Farrakhan

I was in awe of previous black liberation struggle leaders - Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells. I wanted to be part of something bigger…

— Opal Tometi

I think one of the great things that I have seen happen since the rise of the movement for black lives is the growth…

— Eugene Puryear

Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill…

— Assata Shakur

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

Over the generations, black leaders have ranged from noble souls to shameless charlatans.

— Thomas Sowell

Of course, we have leaders in the African American community as well that we've all worked with. One of the great rewards of being…

— Dolores Huerta

Marcus Garvey was one of the first advocates of Black Power, and is still today the greatest spokesman ever to have been produced by…

— Walter Rodney

If you understand the Black Lives Matter movement, there's no central leadership of the movement. This is an organic, grassroots movement all around America.

— Cory Booker

Long before many of us were even conscious of our own degradation, these men [Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. DuBois] fought for African…

— Kwame Nkrumah

When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was…

— Jonathan Kozol