Beyond Boundaries

"Mr. Marable’s political philosophy was often described as transformationist, as opposed to integrationist or separatist. That is, he urged black Americans to transform existing social structures and bring about a more egalitarian society by making common cause with other minorities and change-minded groups like environmentalists. "'By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond ‘black’ and ‘white,’ we may construct new values, new institutions and new visions of an America beyond traditional racial categories and racial oppression,' he wrote in the essay collection 'Beyond Black and White: Transforming African-American Politics' (1995)."

William Grimes in The New York Times reports the death of historian Manning Marable.