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Cornel West

Cornel West

Birthday: 1953-06-02 | Place of Birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. West is the Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches in the Center for African American Studies and in the Department of Religion. West is known for his combination of political and moral insight and criticism and his contribution to the post-1960s civil rights movement. The bulk of his work focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society and the means by which people act and react to their "radical conditionedness". West draws intellectual contributions from such diverse traditions as the African American Baptist Church, pragmatism and transcendentalism.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2010
Still Bill

as    Self

2009
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

as    Don Sexton

2008
Examined Life

as    Self

2008
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

as    Self (as Dr. Cornel West)

2005
Street Fight

as    Self

2005
Black in the 80s

as    Self

2004
The Matrix Recalibrated

as    Self