Manning Marable, Scholar of Black History, Dies at 60

April 2, 2011, 8:36 pm

Just days before his long-awaited biography of Malcolm X was to be published, the noted scholar Manning Marable died on April 1 in Manhattan. He was 60. Mr. Marable was a professor of public affairs, political science, history, and African-American studies at Columbia University, where he was the founding director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies and the Center for the Study of Contemporary Black History.

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http://about.me/jbj Jason B. Jones

That last bit–about the difficulty/impossibility of donating to open source projects with (at least certain kinds of) state funds–drives me crazy, too.
spiritof76

Prof. Marable incarnated the best traditions of critical scholarship. His work on the life and legacy of W.E.B. DuBois, a victim of McCarthyism and anti-intellectualism, is a stellar example of his uncompromising ability to speak truth to power. Now that the ghost of this dark period in American history has returned with a vengeance, We The People have tragically lost one of our staunchest defenders of truth and justice. How ironic that his pioneering work on another martyr, Malcolm X, should be birthed on the 43 anniversary of King’s assassination. a lutta continua.
matteotti2000

Yes, brother/sister — la lucha continua y continuara’!

As Prof. Marable reminds us, just when the lies flow thickest and fastest, there are those who speak truth to power and seek to free the masses from the sleep that has been cast over them. The dark seems to go on forever…and then the dawn appears…

As Phil Ochs once said, we have had “too many martyrs and too many deaths.”

How long?

NOT LONG!
spiritof76

Amen sister/brother! Glad to know that there are many more voices/forces in the wilderness to carry on Prof. Manning’s struggle…

werner lange
department of sociology
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
fergusrap61

Manning had a Pan-African approach to his scholarship delving into black radical movements in the Caribbean and Africa as well as the United States. He visited the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, a few years ago and spoke animatedly about his work on Malcolm X. He has put Malcolm X once more at the centre of our conversation.
22270752

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robertsk42

Dear 22270752,
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