Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Manning Marable
Born: May 13, 1950
Died: April 1, 2011 (aged 60)
Bio: William Manning Marable was an American professor of public affairs, history and African-American Studies at Columbia University. Marable founded and directed the Institute for Research in African-American Studies.
Known for:
- Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention (2011)
- How capitalism underdeveloped Black America (1983)
- Living Black history (2005)
- Race, reform, and rebellion (1984)
- Black leadership (1998)