"It Takes Malcolm off of the Pedestal"

"You know, people are always trying to figure out where’s the public and private boundaries in looking at these historic figures. And in this book, Professor Marable makes his own determination. But I think the overwhelming ideas of this book are not about personal reputation, but what comes through this is a deeply sympathetic, but critical, compelling image of Malcolm. And I want to say that Dr. Marable, you know, when we worked with him as his researchers, he would discuss and debate these issues with us. And he really grappled with how he should handle it. And so, I don’t think that he approached this task lightly at all."

At Democracy Now!, Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman interview Zaheer Ali about Manning Marable's last book, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.