The Autobiography of Malcolm X Religion Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter. Paragraph)

Quote #10

"—not Muslim, nor Christian, Catholic, nor Protestant . . . Baptist nor Methodist, Democrat nor Republican, Mason nor Elk! I mean the black people of Americaand the black people all over this earth! Because it is as this collective mass of black people that we have been deprived not only of our civil rights, but even of our human rights, the right to human dignity…" (19.4)

What a total turnaround! By the end of his life, Malcolm X has gone from being a religion-hating atheist, to a fervent member of the Nation of Islam, to a tolerant follower of Eastern Islam.