Occupation: Human Rights Activist Birth: May 19, 1925 Death: February 21, 1965
As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything..
We are about to have a racial explosion..
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it..
Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was "What's your alma mater?" I told him, "Books." You will never ca….
An English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was, ‘What’s your alma mater?’ I told him, ‘Books..
We're primarily interested in solving the problem of 20 million black people. And if integration is going to solve the problem tomorrow, then let's i….
The thing that you have to understand about those of us in the Black Muslim movement was that all of us believed 100 percent in the divinity of Elija….
I might add how in the world can you say, or can anyone say, that it will dignify the American Negro to beg in or wade [?] in or plead in when the pe….
[Negro] should realize that he is living in a war zone, and he is at war with an enemy that is as vicious and criminal and inhuman as any war-making ….
Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself..
Either you are a citizen or you are not a citizen at all. If you are citizen, you are free; if youre not a citizen you are a slave..
The Negro is nothing but an ex-slave who is now trying to get himself integrated into the slave master's house..
No president ever had more power than [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt..
I don’t feel that I am a visitor in Ghana or in any part of Africa. I feel that I am at home..
If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again..
I refer to a negro politician as a negro who is selected by Negroes and who is backed by Negroes..
Eleanor Roosevelt could easily have told negroes the deceitful maneuvering of the United States government that was going on behind the scenes. She n….
The religion of Islam brings out of the individual all of his dormant potential..
If you have no critics you'll likely have no success..
The white man knows what a revolution is. He knows that the Black Revolution is worldwide in scope and in nature. The Black Revolution is sweeping As….
Our accent will be upon youth: we need new ideas, new methods, new approaches. We will call upon young students of political science throughout the n….