Editor’s Note: Due to the reaction in the Black intellectual community over the posthumous awarding of Dr. Manning Marable the Pulitzer prize, Polite On Society is initiating a discussion on it. In this post, we have tapped Prof. Karen Johnson of the University of Utah to inform us why the Pulitzer is deserved. If anyone [...]
The book that prompted much discussion over the legacy of Malcolm X last year is now a pulitzer prize winner. Manning Marable’s 600 page opus Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention is now recognized as a work worthy of praise. As some of you who read this blog remember, this book touched off a great [...]
After over a month after the controversial biography on Malcolm X by the late Manning Marable debuted, there is still much to be discussed. This past Thursday, the CUNY Grad Center held a discussion around Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention to a packed auditorium. Hosted by GC professor and longtime labor activist Stanley Aronowitz, the [...]
Good morning everyone! Happy Friday! A lot happened this week, and I’d rather get this all out in one shot instead of separate posts. Lets go! President Obama Speaks at NAN Conference As reported earlier in the week on this site, President Barack Obama spoke at the National Action Network this past Wednesday. It was [...]
Scholar and Columbia Professor Manning Marable passed yesterday. With a new book about Malcolm X coming, this is such a shock. To me, he was one of the three major Black intellectuals who reached out of the field of academia to bring knowledge to the people. Of course, those in the know realize that those [...]