Bobby orr autobiography of malcolm x

You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

Malcolm X(1925-1965) American revolutionary, religious leader [b. Malcolm Little]
“Prospects for Freedom in 1965,” speech, New York (7 Jan 1965)
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You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

Malcolm X(1925-1965) American revolutionary, religious leader [b. Malcolm Little]
(1965)

My alma mater was books, a good library

Malcolm X(1925-1965) American revolutionary, religious leader [b. Malcolm Little]
(Attributed)

Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

Malcolm X(1925-1965) American revolutionary, religious leader [b. Malcolm Little]
Malcolm X Speaks, ch. 9 “With Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer” (1965)

People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.

Malcolm X(1925-1965) American revolutionary, religious leader [b. Malcolm Little]
The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Epilogue (1965)

(with Alex Haley)

If you

No Negro leaders have fought for civil rights. They have begged the white man for civil rights. They have begged the white man for freedom. And every time you beg another man to set you free, you will never be free. El Hodge, Malik, El Shabaz, Malcolm X. With his uncompromising ideologies, Malcolm X born on May 19th, 1925, has been dubbed as one of America's most outspoken critics. From a life of hustling and crime on the streets of Harlem and Boston, not quite 21, Malcolm Little found himself in prison. It was during his 10 years in prison that Malcolm became a black Muslim and was introduced to the nation of Islam and the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Don't be shocked when I say I was in prison. You're still in prison. That's what America means, prison.

Having renamed himself Malcolm X and becoming assistant minister of the nation of Islam's Temple No. 1 in Detroit, Malcolm X's revolutionary ideas added a new dimension to the civil rights movement. No Negro leaders have fought for civil rights. They have begged the white man for civil rights. They have begged the white man for freedom. And every time you beg another man to set you free, you will never be free. Freedom is something that you have to do for yourselves. And until the American Negro lets the white man know that we are really ready and willing to pay the price that is necessary for freedom, our people will always be walking around here, second class citizens or what you call 20th century slaves. What price are you talking about, sir? The price of freedom is death. With his urgent militancy, Malcolm X quickly rose to national attention. Many people accused him of being no better than the whites he condemned. We have a common enemy. We have this in common. We have a common oppressor, a common explorer, and a common discriminator.

So once we all realize that we have a this common enemy, then we unite on the basis of what we have in common. And what we have foremost in common is that