“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
“I think that Malcolm X was the most remarkable historical figure produced by Black America in the 20th century.” ThinkingAmericaBlackCenturyFiguresHistoricalRemarkable20th CenturyBlack AmericaHistorical Figure Author:Manning Marable
“I think that in his 39 short years of life, Malcolm X came to symbolize Black urban America, its culture, its politics, its militancy, its outrage against structural racism and at the end of his life, a broad internationalist vision of emancipatory power far better than any other single individual that he shared with DuBois and Paul Robeson, a pan-Africanist internationalist perspective.” ThinkingYearsEndsAmericaCultureIndividualBlackVisionPerspectiveRacismBroadsUrbanOutrageYears Of LifeMilitancyDubois Author:Manning Marable
“[Malcolm X] shared with Marcus Garvey a commitment to building strong black institutions. He shared with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a commitment to peace and the freedom of racialized minorities.” StrongBlackBuildingKingsCommitmentInstitutionsMinoritiesDrsLutherDr Martin Luther King Author:Manning Marable