Cornel West Biography

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NAME: Cornel West
OCCUPATION: Educator, Philosopher, Scholar, Civil Rights Activist, Academic Author
BIRTH DATE: June 02, 1953 (Age: 59)
EDUCATION: Harvard University, Princeton University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Tulsa, Oklahoma
ZODIAC SIGN: Gemini

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Cornel West is a scholar of African American studies, and political activist. He published Race Matters in 1993 and appeared in the Matrix sequels.

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Cornel West was born on June 2, 1953 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He attended Harvard and received his graduate degree from Princeton. His influential book Race Matters, was published one year after the Los Angeles riots. In 2001, Harvard president Laurence Summers admonished West for his political pursuits. Eventually West resigned his position and moved to Princeton. West appeared in the Matrix sequels.

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