Word: afros
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Twenty years after his graduation, West returned to Harvard, where he has since assumed the roles of professor of Afro-American studies, professor of the philosophy of religion, and Fletcher University professor, one of only 19 such posts for the entire Faculty. He stars on the "dream team" of the Department of Afro-American Studies, arguably the greatest collection of black intellectual talent in the world...
...There's no one like him," says Du Bois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr., who serves as the chair of the Afro-American studies department. "He's a brilliant philosopher. He possesses a keen analytical mind, and he is blessed woratory. I know no on else my who combines this set talents...
West arrived at Harvard one year after the 1969 takeover of University Hall and the establishment of the Afro-Americanstudies department, and at the height of the BlackPower movement and the Vietnam...
...West's academic reputation grew, Harvardbecame increasingly interested in luring West backto his alma mater. But West turned down a 1990offer to join the Afro-American studiesdepartment, which at the time had only one tenuredFaculty member...
When Gates first arrived at Harvard, he drew upa "fantasy list" of intellectuals he would like toattract for the Afro-American studies departmenthere. West figured prominently on the list, butGates says he likened attracting him to "throwinga Hail Mary pass...