When I was in Mecca I noticed that their, they had no color problem. That they had people there whose eyes were blue and people there whose eyes were black, people whose skin was white, people whose skin was black, people whose hair was blond, people whose hair was black, from the whitest white person to the blackest black person.
Malcolm XSo over you is the greatest enemy a man can have โ and that is fear. I know some of you are afraid to listen to the truth โ you have been raised on fear and lies. But I am going to preach to you the truth until you are free of that fear...
Malcolm XItโll be the ballot or itโll be the bullet. Itโll be liberty or itโll be death. And if youโre not ready to pay that price donโt use the word freedom in your vocabulary.
Malcolm XBetty's a good Muslim woman and wife. I don't imagine many other women might put up with the way I am. Awakening this brainwashed black man and telling this arrogant, devilish white man the truth about himself, Betty understands, is a full-time job
Malcolm XThe only way the two can have equal job opportunities is if black people have factories as, as well as white people have factories.
Malcolm XJust take the negro child. Take the white child. The white child, although it has not committed any of the per - as a person has not committed any of the deeds that has produced the plight that the negro finds himself in, is he guiltless? The only way you can determine that is, take the negro child who's only four-years-old. Can he escape, though he's only four years old, can he escape the stigma of discrimination and segregation? He's only four-years-old.
Malcolm X