Cornel West gave this talk to a packed house at the Seattle Town Hall a few days before his 10/13 arrest at the 'Moral Monday' Civil Disobedience Actions in Ferguson, MO. West explores the phenomenon known as Black Prophetic Fire, offering an analysis of six well-respected African American leaders — Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Baker, Malcolm X, and Ida Wells-Barnett as well as the great black musical geniuses that changed the world and wonders where that spirit went. According to West, modern African American leaders are either incarcerated or, like President Obama, have been co-opted and “have no deep conviction.” West traces the root of that spirit to love and sees hope in the current rebellions for a radical rekindling.
Thanks to Seattle Town Hall and Elliott Bay Books
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