Manning Marable Quotes

I loved Elijah Muhammad with a love that I can't adequately describe.

I'd been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings.

But when I reintroduced the Nation of Islam, and began to host meetings in cities and thousands and thousands of people come out.

Malcolm X was the first political person in this country that I really identified with. If he had lived and not been purged, I probably would have joined the Muslims.

When I began my political career, I identified with Malcolm X.

Malcolm X already envisioning the N.O.I. playing a role cooperatively with integrationist organizations.

My grandma has a picture of Louis Farrakhan playing violin in her house.

Ali... we should have gone to see that movie. Malcolm X was another one.

The rise of African nations concurrent with the spread of the Nation of Islam and the civil rights movement gave black America a burst of pride over and above anything they had had since the decline of the movement of Marcus Garvey.

If you blink, you will miss me, but I am in 'Malcolm X.'

I was about 13 or 14 when I heard Malcolm X's speech 'Message to the Grass Roots.'

Malcolm X was a man among men.

Malcolm X was the national spokesperson of the N.O.I., and he wasn't represented in their own newspaper for over a year.

[Malcolm X] had said a great deal about nonviolence, criticizing nonviolence, and saying that I approved of Negro men and women being bitten by dogs and the fire hoses, and I say, say go on and not defend yourself. I think this kind of response grew out of the build up, all of the talk about my being a sort of polished Uncle Tom.

When Malcolm X was assassinated I was working at the Apollo. They brought his body to the Unity Funeral Home, which was around the corner.

Martin Luther King was a misguided leader. He worked to be recognized as the leader of black America when what black America needs isn't a leader, it is education.

Republicans think that the NAACP is the only voice in the black community. It is a voice in the black community. But it's not the only voice.

'Malcolm X' was impressionable for me as a kid.

Where is the black man's Government? Where is his King and his Kingdom? Where is his President, his country, and his ambassador, his army, his navy, his men of big affairs? I could not find them, and then I declared, "I will help to make them.

Negro President

In the Nation of Islam, Akbar Muhammad is a big deal.

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

I grew up reading Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.

Every February, we reflect on and honor the achievements, struggles, and icons that comprise Black history. As a proud, Black man running for office and raising two young, Black boys in the South, I am acutely aware that I stand on the shoulders of giants.

I come from an era of black pride, black power, my father riding around listening to James Brown singing, 'Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud,' and people walking around with African medallions and Malcolm X hats.