A collection of quotes and photos of Malcolm X
"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."
Malcolm X (1960).
"If you're not careful—newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed—and loving the people doing the oppressing."
Fidel Castro and Malcolm X in Harlem (1960).
"I don’t care what color you are as long as you want to change this miserable condition that exists on this earth."
Malcolm X at Giza (1963).
"The press is so powerful in its image-making role—it can make the criminal look like the victim and the victim look like the criminal."
Malcolm X (1963).
"...and you don't have a revolution in which you are begging the system of exploitation to integrate you into it—revolutions overturn systems—revolutions destroy systems..."
MLK Jr. And Malcolm X in Washington DC (1964).
Malcolm X and his daughter Ilyasah (1964).
Malcolm X (1964).
Malcolm X (1964).
"light creates understanding—understanding creates love—love creates patience—and patience creates unity..."
Malcolm X at a press conference (1964).
Malcolm X returns to his New York home after it was firebombed (1965).
"Why do they want to bomb my house? why don't they bomb the Klan? i'm going to tell you why..."
"And never have I seen a man in my life more afraid, more frightened than Elijah Muhammad was when John F. Kennedy was assassinated."
"So, I feel responsible for having played a major role in developing a criminal organization. It was not a criminal organization at the outset."
Malcolm X at Corn Hill Church (February 16, 1965).
February 1965