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Myrlie Evers-Williams and Manning Marable talked about the book they edited, The Autobiography Of Medgar Evers: A Hero’s Life and Legacy Revealed Through His Writings, Letters, and Speeches,…

Professor Marable discussed the life of the founder of the NAACP in his biography, W.E.B. Du Bois: Black Radical Democrat. The book was updated for Twayne’s Twentieth-Century American Biog…

Appearing via Web cam from New York City, Manning Marable talked about, among other topics, the focus and vision of the civil rights movement in 1968, the assassination of Dr. King, race rio…

Scholars and public figures talked about Alexis de Tocqueville and the impact his book, Democracy in America, has had on the political discourse of the United States over the years. They com…

The panelists talked about the cultural and political impacts of hip-hop music, the expressions of strong language and depictions of violence in the music, and the use of the art form as pol…

The Institute for Research in African-American Studies held a symposium to discuss Dr. Ira Katznelson’s book When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twe…

The Harlem Book Fair on Saturday, July 24 was located on West 135th Street between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard in New York City. Panel discussions were held in the La…

As part of the Detroit Educational Summit, panelists talked about problems impacting urban areas and the role of community leaders in addressing the issues. Among the topics they addressed w…

In a forum titled, “Where Do We Go from Here?: Chaos or Community? Black America’s Vision for Healing, Harmony and Higher Ground,” black leaders talked about African-American issues since th…

Following a press conference proposing a voters' bill of rights, participants talked about reforming ballots, voter participation, disenfranchisement during the 2000 elections, and future ra…

Professor Manning Marable, Director of the African American Studies Research Institute at Columbia University, called for the development of a just and humane society in the 21st century. He…

History Professor Manning Marable of Columbia University spoke about inequality in America and various ways to create a truly multicultural society. He said that in order to promote multicul…

Columbia University professor and syndicated columnist Manning Marable spoke about racial violence and his view that racial prejudice is still predominant in the U.S. He also responded to au…

Panel members talked about the platform of the Green Party, including environmental responsibility and peace initiatives. They talked about the rise of third parties, how best to get elected…

Professor Manning Marable, Institute for Research in African-American Studies Director at Columbia University, discussed news stories and his position on Kosovo and the Balkans. He opposed U…

Columbia University Professor Manning Marble and Yeshiva University Professor John Oldham McGinnis talked about current news stories during the Washington Journal’s Newspaper Roundtable. The…

Manning Marable, the author of Black Liberation in Conservative America and Speaking Truth to Power, spoke about race, social justice and U.S. politics. He spoke about the social justice pro…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

The Aspen Institute held a forum where Professor Manning Marable spoke about the difficulties of the U.S. project of creating democracy from a diverse collection of cultures and peoples.

Professor Manning Marable spoke about the recent formation of successful progressive electoral coalitions outside the two major political parties in several American cities.