Editing Manning Marable (section)

{{Short description|American academic (1950–2011)}}
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|name = Manning Marable
|image = Manning Marable by David Shankbone.jpg
|caption = Marable in 2007
|birth_name=William Manning Marable
|birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1950|5|13}}
|birth_place = [[Dayton, Ohio]], U.S.
|death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|2011|4|1|1950|5|13}}
|death_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
|spouse = Hazel Ann Marable
{{marriage|[[Leith Mullings]]|1996}}
|citizenship = 
|alma_mater = {{ubl | [[Earlham College]] | [[University of Wisconsin]] | [[University of Maryland]]}}
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'''William Manning Marable''' (May 13, 1950 – April 1, 2011)<ref name="nytobit"/> was an American professor of [[public policy|public affairs]], history and [[African-American Studies]] at [[Columbia University]].<ref name="nytobit">{{cite news|last=Grimes|first= William|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/02/arts/manning-marable-60-historian-and-social-critic.html |title=Manning Marable, Historian and Social Critic, Dies at 60|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 1, 2011|access-date= April 2, 2011}}</ref> Marable founded and directed the Institute for Research in [[African American studies|African-American Studies]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iraas.columbia.edu/about/founding-director|title=FOUNDING DIRECTOR {{!}} IRAAS Institute for Research in African-American Studies|website=iraas.columbia.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-05-10}}</ref> He wrote several texts and was active in numerous [[progressivism|progressive]] political causes.

At the time of his death, he had completed a biography of human rights activist [[Malcolm X]], titled ''[[Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention]]'' (2011).<ref>{{cite web|last=Goodman|first= Amy|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2007/5/21/manning_marable_on_malcolm_x_a |title=Manning Marable on Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention|website=[[Democracy Now!]]|date= May 21, 2007|access-date= April 2, 2011}}</ref>  Marable was posthumously awarded the 2012 [[Pulitzer Prize for History]] for this work.<ref name=Pulitzer>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-late-manning-marable-wins-history-pulitzer-no-fiction-award-for-first-time-in-35-years/2012/04/16/gIQADJIzLT_story.html |title=The late Manning Marable wins history Pulitzer; no fiction prize given |agency=Associated Press |work=The Washington Post |date=April 16, 2012 |access-date=April 16, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>