I think the first half of the 60s, the great black leaders Martin Luther king dr. Max and probably cassius clay. Later became muhammad ali. I wasnt a teenager and we sent boxes in 19601 of the boxes even though knocked out in the first round of the fighting british to get a photograph of himself as the eventual winner of the division the winner of that division at battle and six was to . Cassius clay and quite frankly wouldnt be hard to get your picture he was every place in the olympics. [laughter] i remember reading. And they would exchange pins in the New York Times said the official winner of exchanging pins in the olympics was cassius clay. Foreign athletes to an expanded enormous amount of Energy Running around the Olympic Village and rome meeting everybody and excepting every interview probably was not a good thing to do other than he won the gold medal. But looking at the photograph the unbelievably handsome young man who accomplished all of this at the olympics but has the unu
Are at the world famous Schomburg Center for research in black culture. Why is the world famous . Because it is the most important repository to study black history founded 90 years ago. And who is pearl . He is the founding cureateer. He migrated from puerto rico and found a job on wall street working in a mail room. He worked hard and brought any rare or unique books you could find that were by or about black people eventually becoming famous for this collection. People would go to his home in brooklyn to see the library, borrow from the library, people like langston hues and hurston eventually. It arrived 90 years ago and made up the core of what is a 10 million item collection at the Schomburg Center for research in black culture. How did it end up at this location . Because this was the settlement zone, ground zero, for what came to be the negro mecca of the world. Harlem usa four blocks over. Most people today think about harlem in relation to the apollo or the baptist church. 12
Obtained his a and b hd in philosophy at princeton. He has written more than 20 books and has edited 13. He is best known for his classics race matters and democracy matters and his memoir brother west, living and loving out loud. He appeared frequently on the colbert report, cnn and cspan and he also made his film debut in the matrix and was a commentator on the official trilogy released in 2004, his latest book, black prophetic fire with a distinguished scholar chris the bushindorr prevents a perspective on six africanamerican leaders including frederick a. Bliss, w. E. B. Du bois, Martin Luther king jr. Ellen baker, malcolm x and otto while barnett. Examine the impact of these men and women in their ear ats and across the decades and rediscovers the integrity and commitment within these passionate advocates and all so therefore wines by providing new insights that humanize these wellknown figures cornel west takes an important step in rekindling the black prophetic fire so essential
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