“I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”

— Malcolm X , book The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965), p. 22

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American human rights activist 1925–1965

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