He also came to JMU to speak.........I think I was a junior at the time...

Cornel West

American philosopher

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Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, political activist, social critic, author, and public intellectual. Wikipedia

Born: June 2, 1953 (age 64 years), Tulsa, OK

Education: Princeton University (1980), MORE

Movies: The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, MORE

Influenced by: Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, W. E. B. Du Bois, MORE

Children: Clifton West, Dilan Zeytun West

Books

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Race Matters

1993

Democracy Matters

2004

Black Prophetic Fire

2014

The Cornel West reader

1999

Brother West

2009

Profiles