Editing Manning Marable (section)

==Malcolm X biography==
{{main|Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention}}
Marable's biography of Malcolm X concluded that Malcolm X exaggerated his early criminal career, and engaged in a [[homosexual]] relationship with a white businessman. He also concluded that some of the killers of Malcolm X are still alive and were never charged.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2011/04/05/135144230/manning-marables-reinvention-of-malcolm-x "Manning Marable's 'Reinvention' Of Malcolm X"], ''All Things Considered'', April 5, 2011.</ref><ref name="Columbia Hond" />

Critics of the biography contend that the focus on Marable's discussion of Malcolm's potential same-sex relationships, about three sentences long in a 592-page book, overlooks more important political statements Marable makes about Malcolm's underlying lifelong commitment to revolutionary Pan Africanism.<ref>{{cite book|last=Boyd|first=Herb|title=By Any Means Necessary|year=2012|publisher=Third World Press|location=Chicago|isbn=9780883783368|pages=[https://archive.org/details/byanymeansnecess0000unse/page/142 142–148]|display-authors=etal|url=https://archive.org/details/byanymeansnecess0000unse/page/142}}</ref>

''Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention'' was nominated for the [[National Book Award]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2011_nf_marable.html |title=2011 National Book Award Finalist, Nonfiction |publisher=[[National Book Foundation]] |access-date=November 14, 2011 |archive-date=April 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405123849/http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2011_nf_marable.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and ''[[The New York Times]]'' ranked it among the 10 Best Books of 2011.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/books/10-best-books-of-2011.html?ref=review | work=The New York Times | title=10 Best Books of 2011 | date=November 30, 2011}}</ref> It was one of three nominees for the inaugural [[Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction]] (2012) presented by the [[American Library Association]] for the best adult non-fiction.<ref name=lj2012>{{cite web |url=http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2012/05/readers-advisory/wyatts-world-the-carnegie-medals-short-list/ |title=Wyatt's World: The Carnegie Medals Short List |date=May 21, 2012 |first=Neal |last=Wyatt |access-date=May 23, 2012 |work=[[Library Journal]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527134905/http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2012/05/readers-advisory/wyatts-world-the-carnegie-medals-short-list/ |archive-date=May 27, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was awarded the [[Pulitzer Prize for History]] in 2012.<ref name=Pulitzer/>