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After two decades of work, Dr. Manning Marable completed a new biography, “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.” Dr. Marable used material for his book that had been recently made available, thus providing a new insight into the famed civil rights leader. His biography, however, has also refueled the debate on many controversial aspects of Malcolm X’s life and interpretation of his politics and legacy. To discuss Dr. Marable’s biography, Democracy Now! speaks with Amiri Baraka is an acclaimed poet, playwright, music historian and activist based in Newark, New Jersey. Baraka was one of three guests in a Democracy Now! roundtable discussion, including Herb Boyd, a Harlem-based activist, teacher and author who edits the online publication, The Black World Today. Also joining the discussion is Michael Eric Dyson, a professor of sociology at Georgetown University and author of numerous books including, “Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X.”

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