Marable to speak on African-American Studies

Columbia University historian and political scientist Manning Marable, Ph.D., will offer "Reflections: 30 Years of African-American Studies" in a talk at Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition to his faculty appointments, Marable founded and directs Columbia’s Institute for Research in African-American Studies.

Sponsored by VCU’s African-American Studies Program, Marable’s talk will begin at 7 p.m. Oct. 7. The program will be held in Commonwealth Ballroom B of the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

Among Marable’s 12 books are The Columbia Reader of African-American Thought; Speaking Truth to Power: Essays on Race, Radicalism and Resistance; The Crisis of Color and Democracy and How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America.

Since 1976, Marable has written "Along the College Line," a syndicated column on African-American politics and public affairs. He also has appeared as a commentator on national media outlets including "The Charley Rose Show," "ABC Weekend News," "Fox Network News," C-SPAN, PBS and the BBC.

After earning his undergraduate degree from Earlham College in Richmond, Ind., and a master’s degree at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Marable completed his doctoral program at the University of Maryland at College Park in 1971. His academic appointments include serving as founding director of the Africana and Hispanic Studies Program at Colgate University, 1983-86; history professor and chair of the Department of Black Studies at Ohio State University, 1987-89; and professor of history and political science at the University of Colorado at Boulder, 1989-93.

Marable’s talk, which commemorates the 30^th anniversary of the VCU African-American Studies Program, is free and open to the public. For more information, call the VCU African-American Studies Program at (804) 828-1384.