What made Muhammad Ali so cool is the fact that he talked the talk and walked the walk, where his profession was concerned.

Ivan Dixon was the epitamy of the coolest, the strongest, black brother. The mustache was his signature. He would not allow Hollywood to take away his manhood and de-masculate him.
You never heard anything negative concerning his life. Life does not begin and end on the stage. It's who you are shy the bright lights and the camera's that make you who you are.

I think that Melvin Van Peebles wins by a landslide. His son Mario is also just as fine.

Malconm was intelligent and that is a very cool quality.

It was a hard choice. If you notice the list for the 1960's is the longest. A lot of powerful brothers arose to the occassion. But Muhammad Ali sacreficed the most for his beliefs. He is the "Greatest"!

Malconm respected, loved, and made a black woman his wife.

Ali sacreficed the most for his beliefs? Malcolm sacreficed his life for his beliefs. Malcolm was intelligent and with all that was going around, appeared to be cool and laid back.

Bless you Malcolm X

How do you have a list of the "25 Coolest brotha's Ever" and not have Martin Luther King Jr. on that list? Cool is when, even after your death,you're still paving the way for other brotha's to do some amazin' things- like, ah, oh I don't know, run for President of the United States maybe?(ask Barak Obama who should of made this list).

How do you have a list of the "25 Coolest brotha's Ever" and not have Martin Luther King Jr. on that list? Cool is when, even after your death,you're still paving the way for other brotha's to do some amazin' things- like, ah, oh I don't know, run for President of the United States maybe?(ask Barak Obama who should of made this list).

Cool is when despite a debilitatating reality you still "Have a Dream".Cool is when you have the courage to march amongst evil men willing to kill you as opposed to making the sttement "By Any Means Neccessary" at a distance(listen, no dis to Malcolm X, but let's face it Malcolm X selden if ever stepped foot in the South)Cool is when you can look death in the eye and proclaim 'Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory"

Cool is when you win a Nobel Peace Prize because you have the courage and the intestinal fortitude to stand for what you believed in "That all men are "REALLY" - created equal, when others wilted.Cool is when despite of the evil,ugly and treacherous institution called racism you alter a nation's way of thinking through intelligent and practical methods.