by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University – Scholarship in Action
The death of the great Manning Marable at Columbia University was hard for me. At the young age of 60, Professor Marable took his rightful place with the legends of the black history, ending an amazing life and remarkable career. Professor Marable passed as one of the great black scholars of our time, and had the vision to expand the walls of his classroom to include millions of black and brown people across the world.
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I was also stricken and saddened by Dr. Marable's death. I've posted an interview of him by Dr. Dyson May, 2010. He described him as a former mentor and friend. It would have been wonderful and enlightening to have had some input from this illustrious scholar regarding the responses to his book on Malcolm X upon release tomorrow.
The saving grace is that you and the other public scholars and intellectuals will maintain the integrity of his work as the pundits and naysayers do what they do best!
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