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December 27, 1999

Manning Marable is a Professor of History and Political Science, and the Director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University. He is an adviser to members of the Congressional Black Caucus and is currently a national co-chairperson of the Committees of Correspondence. He has written over one hundred articles in scholarly publications such as The Black Scholar and the Howard Law Journal. Dr. Marable has written many books, including his new book, Dispatches from the Ebony Tower; How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America; Black American Politics; Race: Reform and Rebellion; The Crisis of Color and Democracy; Beyond Black and White; Race, Inequality, Power (with Leith Mullings) and Malcolm X: Black Nationalist Visionary.

Guest:

• Professor Manning Marable

Howard Zinn, professor emeritus at Boston University, is one of the country’s most distinguished historians. Zinn is a decorated World War II Air Force bombardier. After getting his PhD from Columbia University, he taught at Spelman College in Atlanta and was an activist in the Civil Rights movement. Later teaching at Boston University, he became active in the anti-Viet Nam War movement. He is the author of many books, including: The Cold War and the University; A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present; The Politics of History; The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, and You Can’t be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times.

Guest:

• Professor Howard Zinn