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One of my brothers read a lot. His head was forever in some book.

Malcolm X

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Malcolm X
Age: 39 †
Born: 1925
Born: May 19
Died: 1965
Died: February 21
Autobiographer
Human Rights Activist
Muslim Minister
Political Activist
Politician
Omaha
Nebraska
Malcolm Little
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
Malcolm Shabazz
Malachi Shabazz
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The same as in a German neighborhood, the stores are run by Germans, and in a Chinese neighborhood they're run by Chinese. In the negro neighborhood the businesses should be owned and operated by Negroes and, thereby, they would be creating employment for Negroes.
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God is about to eliminate the white man from this earth.
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Our success in America will involve two circles: Black Nationalism and Islam–it will take BN [Black Nationalism] to make our people conscious of doing for self & then Islam will provide the spiritual guidance. BN [Black Nationalism] will link us to Africa and Islam will link us spiritually to Africa, Arabia & Asia.
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History is not hatred.
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History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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...the collective white man had acted like a devil in virtually every contact he had with the world's collective non-white man.
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Integration will not bring a man back from the grave.
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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.
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It is only the Negro leadership, the bourgeois, hand-picked, handful of Negroes who think that they're going to get some kind of respect, recognition, or protection from the Government.
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So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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