Editing Manning Marable (section)

==Personal life==
Marable was married twice, first to his Earlham classmate, Hazel Ann Marable, and then from 1996 until his death, to [[Leith Mullings]], Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Marable was a critic of [[Afrocentrism]]. He wrote:<ref>Manning Marable, ''Beyond Black and White: Transforming African American Politics'', p. 192.</ref>

{{blockquote|Populist Afrocentrism was the perfect social theory for the upwardly mobile black petty bourgeoisie. It gave them a sense of ethnic superiority and cultural originality, without requiring the hard, critical study of historical realities. It provided a philosophical blueprint to avoid concrete struggle within the real world.&nbsp;... It was, in short, only the latest theoretical construct of a politics of racial identity, a world-view designed to discuss the world but never really to change it.}}

It was reported in June 2004 by activist group ''Racism Watch'' that Marable had called for immediate action to be taken to end the U.S. military's use of [[Raphael Patai]]'s book ''[[The Arab Mind]],'' which Marable described as "a book full of racially charged stereotypes and generalizations."<ref name="glick2004">Glick, Ted. [http://www.pcdc.edu.ps/US_anti_arab_books.htm 2004 Racism Watch Calls for Action to End Use of Anti-Arab Books by the U.S. Government.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830052616/http://www.pcdc.edu.ps/US_anti_arab_books.htm |date=August 30, 2010 }} via PCDC (June 2, 2004).</ref> In a 2008 column, Marable endorsed Senator [[Barack Obama]]'s bid for the [[Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008|2008 Democratic presidential nomination]].<ref name="manning2008">{{cite web|last=Marable|first= Manning|url=http://www.blackcommentator.com/267/267_along_the_color_line_obama.html |title=Story: Barack Obama's Problem - And Ours - Along the Color Line|website=Black Commentator|date= March 6, 2008}}</ref>
{{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://vimeo.com/39575484 Tribute film shown at Marable's memorial ceremony]}} 
Marable, who was diagnosed with [[sarcoidosis]], underwent a [[double lung transplant]] as treatment in mid-2010.<ref name="Kellogg2011">{{cite news|last=Kellogg|first= Carolyn|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/04/malcolm-x-biographer-manning-marable-has-died.html |title=Malcolm X biographer Manning Marable has died|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date= April 1, 2011}}</ref> Marable died of complications from [[pneumonia]] on April 1, 2011, in [[New York City]] at the age of 60.<ref name="rohter2011">{{cite news|last=Rohter|first= Larry|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/01/manning-marable-african-american-studies-scholar-has-died-at-60/ |title=Manning Marable, African-American Studies Scholar, Has Died at 60|newspaper=The New York Times|date= April 1, 2011}}</ref>