Dr. Cornel West

One of the foremost Black American scholars and intellectuals of the late 20th century and new millennium, Cornel West entered the realm of popular music with spoken word recordings that displayed his fiery radicalism and put forth his philosophies on race and religion. Born 1953 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, West played an active part in Civil Rights struggles, entrenched in the front lines of the Black student movements of the '70s and '80s, both as a student and a professor. Over the course of his academic career, he has obtained degrees and professorships at Yale, Princeton, and Har...