The Crisis of Color and Democracy: Essays on Race, Class, and Power

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Common Courage Press, 1992 - African Americans - 262 pages

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Chapter I
13
Black Against Black Violence
20
The Crisis of the Cities
30
Copyright

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Manning Marable was born in Dayton, Ohio on May 13, 1950. In 1968, he served as the local black newspaper's correspondent and marched along with thousands of others during the funeral procession for Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. He received a bachelor's degree from Earlham College in Indiana, a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin and a doctorate from the University of Maryland. He wrote around 20 books during his lifetime including How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America, The Great Wells of Democracy: The Meaning of Race in American Life, Speaking Truth to Power: Essays on Race, Resistance and Radicalism, and Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention. He was a professor of African American studies, history, political science and public affairs at Columbia University. He died from complications of pneumonia on April 1, 2011 at the age of 60.

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TitleThe Crisis of Color and Democracy: Essays on Race, Class, and Power
Afro-American studies / politics
AuthorManning Marable
Editionreprint
PublisherCommon Courage Press, 1992
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedSep 18, 2008
ISBN0962883824, 9780962883828
Length262 pages
  
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