Manning Marable

An authoritative biography of Malcolm X draws on new research to reveal information not contained in his autobiography, including the true story behind his assasination. By the author of Beyond Black and White: Transforming African-American Politics.

A Life of Reinvention

Malcolm X

Contents Preface How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America A Critical Assessment Introduction to the First Edition Part 1 The Black Majority Chapter 1 The Crisis of the Black Working Class Chapter 2 The Black Poor Chapter 3 Grounding with My Sisters Chapter 4 Black Prisoners and Punishment in a Racist/Capitalist State Part 2 The Black Elite Chapter 5 Black Capitalism Chapter 6 Black Brahmins Chapter 7 The Ambiguous Politics of the Black Church Chapter 8 The Destruction of Black Education Part 3 A Question of Genocide Chapter 9 The Meaning of Racist Violence in Late Capitalism Chapter 10 Conclusion: Towards a Socialist America Reviews "Manning Marable examines developments in the political economy of racism in the United States and assesses shifts in the American Political terrain since the first edition....He is one of the most widely read Black progressive authors in the country."-Black Employment Journal "The reissue of Manning Marable's How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America confirms that this is a classic work of political history and social criticism. Unfortunately, Marable's blistering insights into racial injustice and economic inequality remain depressingly relevant. But the good news is that Marable's prescient analysis-and his eloquent and self-critical preface to this new edition-will prove critical in helping us to think through and conquer the oppressive forces that remain."-Michael Eric Dyson, author of I May Not Get Therewith You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr. "For those of us who came of political age in the 1980s, Manning Marable's How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America was one of our bibles. Published during the cold winter of Reaganism, he introduced a new generation of Black activists/thinkers to class and gender struggles within Black communities, the political economy of incarceration, the limitations of Black capitalism, and the nearly forgotten vision of what a socialist future might look like. Two decades later, Marable's urgent and hopeful voice is as relevant as ever."-Robin D.G. Kelley, author of Yo' Mama's DisFunktional!:

Problems in Race, Political Economy, and Society

How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America

The classic text that explores the dramatic history of the social protest movement for black freedom in the U.S. through the Reagan Years

The Second Reconstruction in Black America, 1945-1990

Race, Reform, and Rebellion

Andrew Ross

Nellie Y. McKay

Cornel West

Nell Irvin Painter

Patricia J. Williams

Kendall Thomas

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Homi K. Bhabha

Michael Thelwell

Margaret A. Burnham

Paula Giddings

A. Leon Higginbotham

Claudia Brodsky Lacour

Wahneema H. Lubiano

Gayle Pemberton

Christine Stansell

Carol Miller Swain

Eighteen essays by prominent scholars reflect on the cultural, historical, political, personal, legal, sexual, and linguistic implications of the Thomas hearings and Hill's accusations

Essays on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the Construction of Social Reality

Race-ing Justice, En-gendering Power

W. E. B. Du Bois

Voices from Within the Veil

Darkwater

What constitutes black studies and where does this discipline stand at the end of the twentieth century? In this wide-ranging and original volume, Manning Marable -- one of the leading scholars of African American history -- gathers key materials from contemporary thinkers who interrogate the richly diverse content and multiple meanings of the collective experiences of black folk. Here are numerous voices expressing very different political, cultural, and historical views, from black conservatives, to black separatists, to blacks who advocate radical democratic transformation. Here are topics ranging from race and revolution in Cuba, to the crack epidemic in Harlem, to Afrocentrism and its critics. All of these voices, however, are engaged in some aspect of what Marable sees as the essential triad of the black intellectual tradition: describing the reality of black life and experiences, critiquing racism and stereotypes, or proposing positive steps for the empowerment of black people. Highlights from Dispatches from the Ebony Tower: ? Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Manning Marable debate the role of activism in black studies. ? John Hope Franklin reflects on his role as chair of the President's race initiative. ? Cornel West discusses topics that range from the future of the NAACP through the controversies surrounding Louis Farrakhan and black nationalism to the very question of what "race" means. ? Amiri Baraka lays out strategies for a radical new curriculum in our schools and universities. ? Marable's introduction provides a thorough overview of the history and current state of black studies in America.

Intellectuals Confront the African American Experience

Dispatches from the Ebony Tower

Race, Politics and Power

Myrlie Evers-Williams

Medgar Wiley Evers

The American civil rights movement of the 1950s, and 1960s was spurred by innumerable heros who earned small triumphs in the face of epic intolerance and terror. [This book] reveals what it mean to fight the most intractably racist bureaucracy of the Tim Crow era. [In the book, the editor] ha[s] created a vibrant portrait of an activist at work. The result is both a tribute to a civil rights hero and a living testament to the power of grassroots political action to change our lives for the better.-Dust jacket.

a hero's life and legacy revealed through his writings, letters, and speeches

The autobiography of Medgar Evers

Tra le figure importanti della storia americana del XX secolo, poche sono così complesse e controverse come quella di Malcolm X. Spacciatore, operaio, predicatore, leader politico, è infine diventato, dopo il suo assassinio, un’icona per intere generazioni. La nuova biografia di Malcolm scritta da Manning Marable è un evento. Frutto di vent’anni di indagini su documenti privati e pubblici a lungo coperti dal silenzio e di ostinate ricerche di tutti gli amici e compagni di Malcolm, ma anche di tutti i suoi nemici, molti dei quali non avevano mai accettato di parlare, il libro rappresenta il ritratto più completo che sia mai stato tracciato di questo grande leader. Persino l’"Autobiografia", che pure è un documento importantissimo, è in ultima istanza elusiva, essendo il risultato delle reticenze di Malcolm e delle sottili manipolazioni di Alex Haley. Capire davvero Malcolm X ci impone quindi di andare più a fondo: dobbiamo saperne di più sulla sua morte, dietro la quale si nasconde una storia di tradimenti e di corruzione. Quello di Marable è dunque il libro definitivo: proprio scavando nelle contraddizioni e nelle debolezze dell’uomo, la figura di Malcolm emerge in tutta la sua grandezza. Non un santo e neppure un eroe, ma un uomo che non smise mai di lottare per reinventare continuamente se stesso, dando voce alle istanze più profonde dell’America nera. Premio Pulitzer come miglior saggio storico.

Tutte le verità oltre la leggenda. La biografia "definitiva" del grande leader nero

Insider view of black activist movement: accomplishments, internal conflicts, deaths, King's appearance and successes.

From the Washington Marches to Jesse Jackson

Black American Politics

Blackwater, Historical Studies in Race, Class Consciousness, and Revolution

The history of the black struggle for civil rights and political and economic equality in America is tied to the strategies, agendas, and styles of black leaders. Marable examines different models of black leadership and the figures who embody them: integration (Booker T. Washington, Harold Washington), nationalist separatism (Louis Farrakhan), and democratic transformation (W.E.B. Du Bois).

Black Leadership

from civil rights to Barack Obama

Beyond black and white

Adina Popescu

Khary Jones

Patricia Lespinasse

Against a backdrop of multiculturalism and Afrocentricity in the intellectual traditions of African-American studies, this book sets new standards and directions for the future. It is the first book to systematically address the many themes that have changed the political and social landscape for African-Americans. Among these changes are new transnational processes of globalization, the devastating impact of neoliberal public policies upon urban minority communities, increasing imprisonment and attendant loss of voting rights especially among black males, the surging of Hispanic population, and widening class differences as deindustrialization, crack cocaine, and gentrification entered urban communities. Marable and a cast of influential contributors suggest that a new beginning is needed for African-American scholarship. They explain why Black Studies needs to break its conceptual and thematic limitations, exploring "blackness" in new ways and in different geographic sites. They outline the major intersectionalities that should shape a new Black Studies-the complex relationships between race, gender, sexuality, class and youth. They argue that African-American Studies scholarship must help shape and redirect public policies that affect black communities, working with government, foundations and other private institutions on such issues as housing, health care, and criminal justice.

The Souls Anthology of Critical African-American Studies

New Black Renaissance

Kristen Clarke

Barack Obama and the African-American Empowerment examines the evolution of black leadership and politics since the Civil Rights Movement. It looks at the phenomenon of Barack Obama, from his striking emergence as a successful candidate for the Illinois State Senate to President of the United States, as part of the continuum of African American political leaders. The reader also examines the evolving ideals about the roles of government and the economy in addressing the historic disadvantages experienced by many African Americans. Here, some of the nation's most influential intellectuals bring together original scholarship to look at the future of national politics and American race relations.

The Rise of Black America's New Leadership

Barack Obama and African American Empowerment

Malcolm X. Tutte le verità oltre la leggenda

Charles C. Lemert

Alford A. Young

Elizabeth Higginbotham

Jerry Gafio Watts

The Souls of W. E. B. Du Bois explores the relationship of W. E. B. Du Bois's seminal book, The Souls of Black Folk, to other works in his scholarly portfolio and to his larger project concerning race, racial identity, and the social objectives of scholarly engagement.The new, original chapters in this book, written by leading Du Bois scholars, offer a critical reading of Souls and its relevance a century later in today's world. The chapters show how Souls extends, refines, or introduces ideas developed in Du Bois's The Philadelphia Negro and Black Reconstruction, and how Souls relates to Du Bois's early considerations of social activism on the behalf of African Americans and to his thinking about the situation of African American women. The book demonstrates how significant Souls is for Du Bois's overarching objectives concerning racial theorizing, the social conditions affecting race, and the possibilities for social justice.

The Souls of W.E.B. Du Bois

Eric Foner

Herbert Aptheker

Barred from the academy for most of his life because of his political views, Herbert Aptheker (1915-2003) nevertheless forged a path in the field of African American studies decades before the civil rights movement reached fruition. On Race and Democracy collects fourteen of his essays. Written with passion and eloquence, they are full of ideas originally dismissed by a white, segregated academy that have now become part of the scholarly mainstream. Covering topics including the maroons, black abolitionists, Reconstruction, and W. E. B. Du Bois, the essays of On Race and Democracy demonstrate the critical connection between political commitment and the advancement of scholarship, while restoring Aptheker's central place in the development of African American studies.

A Reader

Herbert Aptheker on Race and Democracy

'Marable's biography of Du Bois is the best so far available.' Dr. Herbert Aptheker, Editor, The Correspondence of W.E.B. Du Bois 'Marable's excellent study focuses on the social thought of a major black American thinker who exhibited a 'basic coherence and unity' throughout a multifaceted career stressing cultural pluralism, opposition to social inequality, and black pride.' Library Journal Distinguished historian and social activist Manning Marable's book, W. E. B. Du Bois: Black Radical Democrat, brings out the interconnections, unity, and consistency of W. E. B. Du Bois's life and writings. Marable covers Du Bois's disputes with Booker T. Washington, his founding of the NAACP, his work as a social scientist, his life as a popular figure, and his involvement in politics, placing them into the context of Du Bois's views on black pride, equality, and cultural diversity. Marable stresses that, as a radical democrat, Du Bois viewed the problems of racism as intimately connected with capitalism. The publication of this updated edition follows more than one hundred celebrations recently marking the 100th anniversary of Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk. Marable broadens earlier biographies with a new introduction highlighting Du Bois's less-known advocacy of women's suffrage, socialism, and peace and he traces his legacy to today in an era of changing racial and social conditions.

Black Radical Democrat

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