MANNING MARABLE, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY DIED ON APRIL 1ST, 3 DAYS BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF HIS LONG EXPECTED BOOK: "MALCOLM X, A LIFE OF REINVENTION". THE BOOK HAS SINCE GENERATED BOTH PRAISE AND CRITICISM. ON THE OCCASION OF MALCOLM X, EL-HAJJ MALIK EL-SHABAZZS MAY 19, 86TH BIRTHDAY THIS PAST THURSDAY, THE SCHOMBURG MUSEUM FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE IN HARLEM NEW YORK HAD A PANEL DISCUSSION OF THE CONTROVERSY GENERATED BY THE BOOK. WBAI FRED NGUYEN RECORDED THE EVENT AND BRINGS US SOME OF WHAT WAS SAID: