NEW YORK (USANN4) — A funeral service is set for April 12th in New York City for noted black scholar Manning Marable. The 60-year-old passed away on Friday, just days before the publishing of his long-awaited biography of Malcolm X. Marable was a professor of public affairs, political science, history and African-American studies at Columbia University.
He had spent more than a decade writing the book on Malcolm X. It is scheduled to be published today. Marable is survived by his wife, who teaches anthropology at the City University of New York, and three children.
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