Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- honorary degree from Spelman College · 2009
- Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize · 2005
- honorary doctor of Paris 8 University · 2004
- James Madison Medal · 1996
- American Book Awards · 1993
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- Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Worship
Filmography23 titles
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Tax Broke
Israelism
The Big Scary “S” Word
30 Rock
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Still Bill
The Matrix Reloaded
Bernie Blackout
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Sinister
The Colbert Report
Street Fight
No Safe Spaces
The Matrix Revolutions
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
Examined Life
137 Shots
Charlie Rose
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union