Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.

I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.

For me, the bold jazz of John Coltrane and Miles Davis reflected the bold attitude in African-Americans finding their political identity and voice.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

UCLA acknowledged this shift by bringing in Alex Haley (the co-author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X) and Eldridge Cleaver (Soul on Ice) as speakers.

Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.

Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.