Word: cornel
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...with serving on the Advisory Board of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research. One of the most distinguished and insightful sociologists in the country, Wilson is another outstanding addition to Harvard's intellectual Afro-American Studies all-star team, which already includes prominent scholars such as Cornel West '74, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Orlando Patterson, Judge A. Leon and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham and Jamaica Kincaid...
Wilson follows the 1993 appoint ment of noted scholar and author Cornel West '74 to a position in the Department of Afro-American Studies...
Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology Irven DeVore, who teaches Science B-29, said only that the ment of noted scholar and author Cornel West '74 to a position in the Department of Afro-American Studies...
Dyson is one of a group of contemporary black writers, including bell hooks, Cornel West and Derrick Bell, who are forging what might be called a new canon of inclusion. While celebrating black identity, Dyson seeks connections with other minority groups, such as feminists, gays and Latinos. The O.J. Simpson trial was seen by many as a symbol of racial strife; Dyson sees some hope. "Its major players are a virtual rainbow of color, gender, ethnicity, and class," he says. "Judge Lance Ito is Asian-American. Johnnie Cochran is African-American. Marcia Clark is a white woman. And Robert Shapiro...
Several faculty members not in attendance, including Afro-American Studies Professors Cornel West '74 and K. Anthony Appiah, endorsed the conference in writing...