"My father didn't know his last name...." - Quote by Malcolm X
My father didn't know his last name. My father got his last name from his grandfather, and his grandfather got it from his grandfather who got it from the slavemaster.
More by Malcolm X
“If we are extremists, then we are not ashamed of it, for the conditions that our people suffer are extreme, and extreme illness can not be cured with moderate medicine”
“They tell us we are all citizens, that we were born in this country. Well, a cat can have kittens in the oven, but that doesn't make them biscuits!”
“You are either free or not free”
More on Identity
“All of these different strands in me - the black, the white, the African - all of that has contributed directly to my success because when I meet people, I see a piece of myself in them. And maybe they see a piece of themselves in me.”
“You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.”
“Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.”
More on Slavery
“An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it.”
“Who is the descendant of the slavemasters a descendant of slaves to fight other people in thier own country?”
“Man is the only slave. And he is the only animal who enslaves. He has always been a slave in one form or another, and has always held other slaves in bondage under him in one way or another. In our day, he is always some man's slave for wages, and does that man's work; and this slave has other slaves under him for minor wages, and they do his work. The higher animals are the only ones who exclusively do their own work and provide their own living.”