Make it plain -- That wicked race of devils -- Stop singing and start swinging -- A chicken can never lay a duck egg -- Benevolent colonialism -- The most disrespected person is the Black woman -- Who taught you how to hate yourself? -- Thinking Black --House and field negro -- A better word is independence -- You left your mind in Africa -- Nobody can give you freedom

"In Nobody Can Give You Freedom, Kehinde Andrews draws on the speeches and writings of Malcolm X to upend the conventional understanding of Malcolm-from his alleged misogyny to his putative proclivity for violence. Instead, Andrews argues that Malcolm X embraced equality across genders and foresaw a more inclusive approach to Black liberation that relied on grassroots efforts and community building. Far from a doomed ideologue, Malcolm X was in fact one of the most important, and misunderstood, intellectuals of the twentieth century, whose lessons on how to fight white supremacy are more important than ever"-- Provided by publisher