Cornel West News

Cornel West, professor of African American Studies at Princeton and of Religious Philosophy and Christian Studies at the Union Theological Seminary in New York, the most outspoken anti-imperialist lecturer and writer, the most well known defender of Black and minority civil rights since Martin Luther King Jr.

The American academic and firebrand campaigner talks about Britain's deep trouble, fighting white supremacy and where Obama is going wrong Cornell West ... 'I would rather have a white president eradicating poverty than a black president tied to Wall Street and drones.' Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Cornel West, the firebrand of ... (more)

Don't miss the chance to hear the controversial commentator Cornel West in dialogue with other great minds on politics, philosophy and literature, touching in particular on issues of race and identity.

Noting that 'something is happening at Dartmouth,' famed academic and social activist Cornel West tied current campus tensions surrounding last weekend's Dimensions protest to national issues and encouraged his 'brothers and sisters' to identify and challenge systems of oppression.

With all the fire of a Sunday sermon and all the charge of a street rally, speakers brought a capacity church crowd to its feet multiple times Saturday in solidarity with families who have lost loved ones to controversial police actions.