Malcolm X biographer, Dr. Manning Marable died yesterday of complications from sarcoidosis (a progressive respiratory disease that Bernie Mac died of as well). His new controversial biography of Malcolm X called, Malcolm X: A Life Of Reinvention will be published this Monday. (Read Excerpt)
His book depicts a more complicated, yet more compelling portrait on the 20th Century icon than The Autobiography of Malcolm X or the movie version produced by Spike Lee.
By most accounts, the book is being received as a serious body of work, as Marable spent two exhaustive decades immersed in research. However, in his book he releases salacious allegations of a homosexual affair that Malcolm had as a young man.
My reaction: I will read the book to see the context and its importance to the narrative - yet, I regret, with the passing of Marable, we will not have the opportunity to ask, why did he feel compelled to include this subject. And if true, so what..
Watch the following video - in his own words he explains the impetus for penning this new biography...
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