Manning Marable (1950–2011)
Author of Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
About the Author
Manning Marable was born in Dayton, Ohio on May 13, 1950. In 1968, he served as the local black newspaper's correspondent and marched along with thousands of others during the funeral procession for Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. He received a bachelor's degree from Earlham College in Indiana, a show more master's degree from the University of Wisconsin and a doctorate from the University of Maryland. He wrote around 20 books during his lifetime including How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America, The Great Wells of Democracy: The Meaning of Race in American Life, Speaking Truth to Power: Essays on Race, Resistance and Radicalism, and Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention. He was a professor of African American studies, history, political science and public affairs at Columbia University. He died from complications of pneumonia on April 1, 2011 at the age of 60. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Manning Marable
How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America: Problems in Race, Political Economy, and Society (1983) 297 copies, 1 review
Race, Reform, and Rebellion: The Second Reconstruction in Black America, 1945-1990 (1984) 191 copies
Living Black History: How Reimagining the African-American Past Can Remake America's Racial Future (2006) 68 copies, 2 reviews
Dispatches from the Ebony Tower: Intellectuals Confront the African American Experience (2000) 26 copies
The New Black History: Revisiting the Second Reconstruction (Critical Black Studies) (2011) 15 copies
Barack Obama and African American Empowerment: The Rise of Black America's New Leadership (The Critical Black Studies) (2009) 12 copies
The New Black Renaissance: The Souls Anthology of Critical African American Studies (2005) 12 copies
Racializing Justice, Disenfranchising Lives: The Racism, Criminal Justice, and Law Reader (Critical Black Studies) (2007) 9 copies
Seeking Higher Ground: The Hurricane Katrina Crisis, Race, and Public Policy Reader (Critical Black Studies) (2007) 7 copies
Souls: Volume 13 Number 4 3 copies
Black praxis 1 copy
Associated Works
Race-ing Justice, En-Gendering Power: Essays on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the Construction of Social Reality (1992) — Contributor — 331 copies, 1 review
The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero's Life and Legacy Revealed through His Writings, Letters, and Speeches (2005) — Editor — 96 copies
Audacious Democracy: Labor, Intellectuals, and the Social Reconstruction of America (1997) — Contributor — 33 copies
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- Canonical name
- Marable, Manning
- Birthdate
- 1950-05-13
- Date of death
- 2011-04-01
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Education
- University of Maryland (PhD)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (MA)
Earlham College (BA) - Occupations
- scholar of African-American studies
university professor
public intellectual - Relationships
- Mullings, Leith (wife)
- Organizations
- Columbia University
Columbia University Center for Contemporary Black History (founder)
Smith College
Fisk University
Fisk University Race Relations Institute (director)
Colgate University (show all 8)
New York State legislature's Amistad Commission
Movement for a Democratic Society
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Reviews
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable
This is a brilliant biography that is beautifully written. The deep level of research and analysis really comes through and provides a rich new understanding of Malcolm X.
I feel inadequate to really review this work, but it struck me deeply all the same. Its encyclopedic coverage of the history and development of African American political activity, the growth of academic study of the African Diaspora, and analysis of blackness in American politics is fascinating, but I feel that this edition, which stops at the election of Barack Obama, is sadly outdated.
The final essay ends with a look at how an Obama presidency could be a starting point for greater social change, and multicultural unity to help counter the Neoliberal capitalistic word order, but we see now that the potential there was never realized.
It's almost sad to end there, where some hope was seen, when we know now how much worse things were going to get. But perhaps the author's passing in 2011 was a kind of blessing, since he was spared the sight of the racist backlash that lead to our current administration.
I see this as an invaluable resource in understanding the history of American politics and its impact on the lives of black Americans, especially as an examination from a Marxist understanding of class struggle.… (more)
The final essay ends with a look at how an Obama presidency could be a starting point for greater social change, and multicultural unity to help counter the Neoliberal capitalistic word order, but we see now that the potential there was never realized.
It's almost sad to end there, where some hope was seen, when we know now how much worse things were going to get. But perhaps the author's passing in 2011 was a kind of blessing, since he was spared the sight of the racist backlash that lead to our current administration.
I see this as an invaluable resource in understanding the history of American politics and its impact on the lives of black Americans, especially as an examination from a Marxist understanding of class struggle.… (more)
"In the 1990s, new forms of racism structure the lives of people of color in ways that are simultaneously less obvious and more treacherous. Black Liberation in Conservative America chronicles these developments -- including the globalization of capital and an expanding prison system -- against the backdrop of rising conservatism and the insinuation of rightwing ideologies into Black community formations. Marable contests what he considers to be an ineffectual emphasis on electoral politics and argues that the future of black liberation will have to be fought out on a civil terrain. This work offers invaluable theoretical and practical guidance to scholars and activists alike." -- Angela Davis… (more)
"Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention" by Manning Marable is the definitive biography of Malcolm X. This book is a tomb and was much longer than my usual audiobooks.
Malcolm X was a complex man who was constantly thinking and growing. Many remember only his hateful comments and his murder, and he was not the best husband and father. However, Malcolm X improved the world in his short life. How much more could he have done?
The book showed the weeds with the roses. I got to know who Malcolm X was. I am glad I read it.… (more)
Malcolm X was a complex man who was constantly thinking and growing. Many remember only his hateful comments and his murder, and he was not the best husband and father. However, Malcolm X improved the world in his short life. How much more could he have done?
The book showed the weeds with the roses. I got to know who Malcolm X was. I am glad I read it.… (more)
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