I refer to a negro politician as a negro who is selected by Negroes and who is backed by Negroes.
Malcolm XNonviolence is his, is his method. Well, my objective is the same as [Martin Luther] King's.
Malcolm XI am a Muslim and . . . my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps me from judging any man by the color of his skin. It teaches me to judge him by his deeds and his conscious behavior. And it teaches me to be for the rights of all human beings, but especially the Afro-American human being, because my religion is a natural religion, and the first law of nature is self-preservation.
Malcolm X