Smiley & West: Manning Marable's "Malcolm X"--Two Years Later

Two years after the passing of historian Manning Marable and the release of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, one of his researchers Zaheer Ali joined Tavis Smiley and Cornel West to reflect on Marable's life and legacy, and on his biography of Malcolm X. 

Listen to the segment here:

Download a podcast of the entire show here.

Storify: "Researching Malcolm, Reading Marable: A Malcolm X Project Roundtable"

As part of the Manning Marable Memorial Conference, fellow Malcolm X Project researchers May Alhassen, Garrett Felber, & Liz Mazucci joined me in a roundtable conversation moderated by Hishaam Aidi, about Manning Marable's Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention. We reflected on our work with Dr. Marable, his book, and its critics.

A partial audio recording of the session is forthcoming, but in the meantime, thanks to all those who tweeted here's a storified recap (may take a few seconds to load):

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