
Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it”
“You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it.” I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. “I’m sorry to say that the subject I most disliked was mathematics. A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire. Whenever you hear a man saying he wants freedom, but in the next breath he is going to tell you what he won’t do to get it, or what he doesn’t believe in doing in order to get it, he doesn’t believe in freedom.
“When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that he will not do to acquire that freedom. It happens to so many thousands of black youth.” “I think that an objective reader may see how in the society to which I was exposed as a black youth here in America, for me to wind up in a prison was really just about inevitable. Below are 150 of Malcolm X’s most inspiring quotes specifically chosen to help tell the story of his life, his accomplishments and the deeply profound legacy he left behind: He was a multi-faceted man with ideals that grew as he did and a steadfast moral compass. Malcolm X’s life, albeit cut short, was so much more complex than is often depicted. Even in today’s understanding of the civil rights movement, his radical approaches are simplified and he is often seen as foil to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X was crucified by the American people, hunted by the FBI and vilified by the media.
Typically compared to the more pacifist ideals of Dr. And yet when children in America’s public schools are first introduced to Malcolm, it’s through the narrative that he is an extremist, someone bent on using violent tactics to achieve his goals of equality. Throughout the course of his life, he played many roles to many different people in a multitude of ways. The history of civil rights leader and activist Malcolm Xis so often muddled by his portrayal in mainstream media.
((Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)