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Manning Marable, the prolific author and founding director of the Africana and Latin American Studies Program at Colgate University, died April 1, 2011, at age 60. His book, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, was published just three days after his death. The biography, at nearly 600 pages, has been characterized in media accounts as a re-evaluation of Malcolm X’s life that challenges long-held beliefs about the civil rights leader.
Colgate will celebrate Marable’s life during two campus events that also will be webcast live on October 24.The two Monday events are open to the public and are also available online at http://www.colgateconnect.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=12361&eid=8440. There is no special software needed to view the live webcasts. Join us online or in person: 4:15 p.m., Love Auditorium 7:30 p.m., Love Auditorium |
October 24, 2011
Join Colgate University in Celebrating the Life of Dr. Manning Marable – Online
August 9, 2011
Mental warmup exercise for Aug. 27 book talk
I’m looking forward to seeing a lot of you at Robin’s Books/Moonstone Arts Center on Aug. 27 at 2 p.m. when we meet to discuss “Tasting Freedom: Octavius Catto and the Struggle for Equality in Civil War America.”
As a warmup for our discussion, I would like to throw out a few assertions about Catto and his historical significance. All are open to debate:
The reason we do not speak of Catto the way we do of Martin Luther King is because there were not the kind of national media in Catto’s time that existed in King’s time.
The reason Catto did not rise to King’s status as a historical figure is because white America was still not yet ready to come to grips with its bigotry and hypocrisy even after the Civil War made both fair game.
Catto would have cut a bigger swath in the nation’s consciousness had he used protest more than persuasion and the law as his weapon of choice in the civil rights battle.
Discuss.
July 25, 2011
Juan Williams to Speak at Free Library of Philadelphia on Aug. 2
WHO: Juan Williams, Fox News political analyst and author of the acclaimed book “Eyes on the Prize”
WHAT: A talk and discussion on his new book “Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate”
WHEN: Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Montgomery Auditorium, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA
Veteran journalist Juan Williams, whose job as a National Public Radio commentator came to an abrupt end after he admitted that he got nervous whenever he saw people dressed in “Muslim garb” on airplanes on Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” has a few things to say about how political correctness has choked off open and honest debate on sensitive subjects. He says them in his new book, “Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate,” and on Tuesday, Aug. 2, he will talk about the book and the issues it raises at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Before joining NPR, Williams spent two decades at The Washington Post, where he covered every presidential campaign from 1980 to 2000. A graduate of Haverford College, Williams is the author of six books, including the widely praised history of the Civil Rights Movement, “Eyes on the Prize.” He is also the father of Brothers’ Network founding board member Antonio Williams (photo at right).
Tickets for the discussion are $15 for general admission, $7 for students. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the event page on the Free Library of Philadelphia website.