2006 St. Claire Drake Lecture with Maning Marable "Living Black History" READING and BOOK SIGNING

Manning Marable, professor of history and political science and founding director of African-American Studies Program at Columbia University, specializes in African-American history. He received his B.A. from Earlham in 1971 and his Ph.D. from University of Maryland in 1976. His current books-in-progress include: Co-editor, with Keesha Middlemass and Ian Steinberg, Racism, Criminal Justice and the Law (forthcoming, tentatively in 2007); Co-editor, with Ian Steinberg, Race, Globalization and Empire (forthcoming, tentatively in 2007) and a comprehensive biography of African-American leader Malcom X (El Hajj Malik El Shabazz), entitled: Malcom X: A Life of Reinvention (New York: Viking, 2009). In 2002, Dr. Marable established the Center for Contemporary Black History (CCBH) at Columbia University, an advanced research and publications center that examines black leadership and politics, culture and society. CCBH produces Souls, a quarterly academic journal of African-American Studies, which is published and distributed internationally by Taylor and Francis Publishers.