Cornel West Audio & Video

ENGL 53.40 was taught by Cornel West in Summer 2017. This course examined the historical philosophy of the towering Black scholar and great freedom fighter of the 20th Century.

Princeton University professor of Religion Cornel West delivers the inaugural Toni Morrison Lectures

In this inspiring oration from the Lannan Foundation, African American intellectual Cornel West calls for revival in America's democratic tradition which draws on our religious, philosophical, and literary history.

A master teacher and preeminent analyst of America's racial dilemma bridges the gulf between...

Wanda Sykes, LeVar Burton, Leslie Odom, Jr., and Gabourey Sidibe head a cast of beloved actors performing 23 selections from the speeches, sermons, and essays of Dr.

Professor West talked about his career and his entire body of work and responded to audience telephone calls, faxes and electronic mail. Professor West has written or edited more than twenty books.

Democracy Matters is Cornel West's bold and powerful critique of the troubling deterioration of democracy in America in this threatening post-9/11 age of terrorist rage and imperial overreach.

A discussion with Henry Louis Gates, chairman of the Department of African American studies at Harvard University, and Cornel West, professor of African American studies at Harvard, about their book "The Future of the Race", which examines the W.E.B. Du Bois essay, "The Talented Ten".

A conversation with Tavis Smiley host of Tavis Talks and Cornel West.

Lauded for his "ferocious moral vision and astute intellect" (New York Times), educator and philosopher Dr. Cornel West is the author of the National Book Award-winning Race Matters, a sea change discourse on race, justice, and democracy in America.