Malcolm X assassination anniversary: 10 quotes to tell why the firebrand civil rights activist is still relevant | Racism, Nationalism and more...

"Martin Luther King is the perfect hero who preached non-violence and love, and Malcolm X the perfect villain who served as his violent counterpart, preaching hate and militancy", writes scholar and human rights activist Imam Omar Suleiman. The US rights activist was violently assassinated on 21, February 1965, but some of his ideas stay relevant even today, after 55 years. At a time when mass shootings, mob lynchings and other hate crimes have become a regular affair around the world, these words of Malcolm deserves a hearing. 
'Martin Luther King is the perfect hero who preached non-violence and love, and Malcolm X the perfect villain who served as his violent counterpart, preaching hate and militancy', writes scholar and human rights activist Imam Omar Suleiman. The US rights
'Martin Luther King is the perfect hero who preached non-violence and love, and Malcolm X the perfect villain who served as his violent counterpart, preaching hate and militancy', writes scholar and human rights activist Imam Omar Suleiman. The US rights
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'Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.' (Photo | AFP)
'Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.' (Photo | AFP)
'I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.' (Photo | Twitter @etanthomas36)
'I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.' (Photo | Twitter @etanthomas36)
'You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.'
'You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.'
'You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.' (Photo | Twitter @daceoneal)
'You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.' (Photo | Twitter @daceoneal)
'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.' (Photo | Twitter @FredTJoseph)
'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.' (Photo | Twitter @FredTJoseph)
'A race of people is like an individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.' (Photo | Twitter @FredTJoseph)
'A race of people is like an individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.' (Photo | Twitter @FredTJoseph)
'I believe that there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those that do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation.' (Photo | Twitter @africasacountry)
'I believe that there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those that do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation.' (Photo | Twitter @africasacountry)
'Sitting at the table doesn’t make you a diner. You must be eating some of what’s on that plate. Being here in America doesn’t make you an American. Being born here in America doesn’t make you an American.' (Photo | AFP)
'Sitting at the table doesn’t make you a diner. You must be eating some of what’s on that plate. Being here in America doesn’t make you an American. Being born here in America doesn’t make you an American.' (Photo | AFP)
'You don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.' (Photo | Twitter @magayaki_)
'You don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.' (Photo | Twitter @magayaki_)
'I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I’m not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn’t know how to return the treatment.' (Photo | Twitter @fromadic92)
'I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I’m not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn’t know how to return the treatment.' (Photo | Twitter @fromadic92)

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