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Cornel West

Cornel West is an academic, activist, public intellectual and a professor of philosophy at Union Theological Seminary. His pioneering writings on race, gender and class in U.S. society have received wide acclaim. He is the author of many books including Race Matters, Democracy Matters and his latest, Black Prophetic Fire.

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Why Malcolm X Still Speaks Truth to Power

More than 50 years after his death, Malcolm X remains a towering figure whose passionate writings have enduring resonance