One of the striking things about doing research on Malcolm X, and I believe that most Malcolm X researchers could tell you their own stories, is that there's this paradox of the absence of critical information. Manning Marable More Quotes by Manning Marable More Quotes From Manning Marable I am convinced that the Black man will only reach his full potential when he learns to draw upon the strengths and insights of the Black woman. Manning Marable womenafrican-americanstrength As the years progress, what women and men will discover is that the most lasting and rewarding educational experiences come not from specific information provided in classroom lectures or assigned textbooks, but from the values obtained in active engagement in meaningful issues. We achieve for ourselves only as we appreciate the problems and concerns of others-and only as we see our own lives as part of a much greater social purpose. Manning Marable educationalmeaningfulmen The liberal uses the radical's language to achieve the conservative's aim: the preservation of the capitalist system, and the traditional ethnic/racial hierarchy within society. Manning Marable hierarchyconservativeuse Malcolm X had a clear vision and an understanding that we were - that he was a part of a broad freedom struggle. As his vision became more internationalist and pan-African, as he began, especially in 1964, after seeing the example of anti-colonial revolutions abroad and began to articulate and incorporate a socialist analysis economically into his program, he clearly became a threat to the US state. Manning Marable visionunderstandingstruggle At the heart of the fractured soul of America is the frightening chasm of race. Manning Marable raceheartamerica Whiteness in a racist, corporate-controlled society is like having the image of an American Express Cardstamped on one's face: immediately you are “universally accepted.” Manning Marable acceptedracistfaces By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions and new visions of an America beyond traditional racial categories and racial oppression. Manning Marable black-and-whiteselfamerica The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures. Manning Marable blackpoliticaldevelopment The 'We Have Overcome' generation has run out of intellectual creativity but refuses to leave the political stage. Manning Marable creativitypoliticalrunning I think that Malcolm X was the most remarkable historical figure produced by Black America in the 20th century. Manning Marable historicalamericathinking Malcolm X envisions a broad-based pluralistic united front, which is spearheaded by the Nation of Islam, but mobilizing integrationist organizations, non-political organizations, civic groups, all under the banner of building black empowerment, human dignity, economic development, political mobilization. Manning Marable blackpoliticalorganization Malcolm X represents the cutting edge of a kind of critique of globalization in the 21st century. In fact, Malcolm, if anything, was far ahead of the curve in so many ways. Manning Marable curvescuttingfacts 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. Manning Marable americayearsthinking Malcolm X is a person who has inspired - he has been the muse of several generations of black cultural workers, artists, poets, playwrights. Manning Marable generationsblackartist I'm not an attorney or a person who does intellectual property . Manning Marable attorneyintellectualdoe The Organization of Afro-American Unity was an organization that was a secular group. It largely consisted of people that we would later call several years later Black Powerites, Black nationalists, progressives coming out of the Black freedom struggle, the northern students' movement, people - students, young people, professionals, workers, who were dedicated to Black activism and militancy, but outside of the context of Islam. Manning Marable organizationstruggleyears The MMI brothers, who provided security for Malcolm X had been trained by Malcolm himself that inside of the Nation of Islam, whenever there is a diversion, you protect the principal. The principal, in this case Malcolm, clearly was not protected on February 21st [1965]. Manning Marable februaryislambrother I'm so familiar with what Malcolm X wrote at certain stages of his own life and development. Manning Marable stagecertaindevelopment [Alex Haley] objective was to illustrate that the racial separatism of the N.O.I. was a kind of pathological or a kind of - it was the logical culmination of separatism and racial isolationism and exclusion. Manning Marable alexexclusionkind There were tensions between these two organizations [Organization of Afro-American Unity and N.O.I.] , and Malcolm had to negotiate between them and since he was out of the country a great deal of the time, it was rather difficult for him to do so. Manning Marable organizationtwocountry
