Manning Marable “Education Works, Prisons Don’t” was the call to action that attracted hundreds of concerned New Yorkers at a Harlem teach-in,…
Manning Marable
Manning Marable is Professor of History and Political Science, and the Director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University. He is co-founder of the Black Radical Congress, a national network of African-American activists. He is the author of 13 books, most recently Black Leadership (NY: Columbia Univ. Press. 1998).
Manning Marable The greatest struggle of any oppressed group in a racist society is the struggle to reclaim collective memory and identity.…
Manning Marable There are today over two million Americans incarcerated in federal and state prisons and local jails throughout the United States.…
Manning Marable For more than one year, the controversy surrounding the New York murder of Amadou Diallo has made headlines throughout the…
Manning Marable How far has America actually progressed toward more constructive race relations? Judging by some recent events, not much. During…
Manning Marable In the Dred Scott decision of 1857, the Supreme Court turned down a petition for freedom from an enslaved African…
Manning Marable It was immensely significant for black America that the last major public demonstration in the U.S. in the 20th century…
Manning Marable More than a century ago, conservative black educator Booker T. Washington proposed a strategy for black advancement within capitalism. The…
Manning Marable Several weeks ago I attended and spoke at a conference on race which was organized at Stanford University. After delivering…
Manning Marable The fundamental issue that will define U.S. politics in the first decade of the twenty-first century is the spiraling growth…