“[My father] was not a racist, unlike what the white racist media would say. He had a global outlook just like Barack [Obama] and Michelle [Obama].” FatherWhiteMediaBarackRacistOutlook Author:Malaak Shabazz
“My father wasn't a militant racist. He was a human rights activist - he was about human beings, so let's just get away from going way back then.” WayHumansFatherHuman BeingsRightsHuman RightsRacistGet AwayActivistMilitant Author:Malaak Shabazz
“We're all African-American, so we're all influenced by each other.” African American Author:Malaak Shabazz
“To me, it's normal. We summered in Vermont, and me and my sister Ilyasah went to one of the top ten schools in the country [the Hackley School].” CountrySchoolTenNormalMy SisterVermont Author:Malaak Shabazz
“I think Malcolm Forbes got kicked out of our school and [Ethiopian Emperor] Hallie Selassie's grandkids went there, too. Because of security reasons you have to go to those schools. We had a privileged life, fine, but also very secure. So I think it's great where the [Barack] Obama daughters are going to school.” ThinkingReasonSchoolSecurityFineDaughterSecureBarackPrivilegedEmperorGrandkidsForbesPrivileged Life Author:Malaak Shabazz
“When this country here was first being founded, there were 13 colonies. The whites were colonized. They were fed up with this taxation without representation. So some of them stood up and said, liberty or death.” FirstsSaidCountryLibertyFedsRepresentationTaxationColonyStood UpFed UpTaxation Without Representation Author:Manning Marable
“I went to a white school over here in Mason, Michigan. The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot and George Washington - wasn't nothing non-violent about old Pat or George Washington.” MenMadeBookSchoolWhiteMistakeTeachingViolentPatriotWhite ManMichiganHistory BooksMasonsNon Violent Author:Malcolm X
“Liberty or death was what brought about the freedom of whites in this country from the English.” CountryLiberty Author:Malcolm X
“The British Empire was so vast and so powerful, the sun would never set on it. This is how big it was, yet these 13 little scrawny states, tired of taxation without representation, tired of being exploited and oppressed and degraded, told that big British Empire, liberty or death.” LittlesStatesBigsPowerfulLibertySunTiredBritishEmpiresRepresentationOppressedTaxationBritish EmpireTaxation Without Representation Author:Malcolm X
“Here you have 22 million Afro-Americans, black people today, catching more hell than Patrick Henry ever saw. And I'm here to tell you, in case you don't know it, that you got a new - you got a new generation of black people in this country, who don't care anything whatsoever about odds. They don't want to hear you old Uncle Tom handkerchief heads talking about the odds.” PeopleKnowsWantCountryCareTodayBlackTalkingMillionsCasesHellSawsGenerationsDon't CareBlack PeopleTomsOddsUnclesCatchingNew GenerationAfrosNew YouHandkerchiefsUncle Tom Author:Malcolm X