American philosopher, author, and academic

Cornel West

Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, theologian, political activist, politician, social critic, and public intellectual. West was an independent candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election and is an outspoken voice in left-wing politics in the United States. The grandson of a Baptist minister, West's primary philosophy focuses on the roles of race, gender, and class struggle in American society. A socialist, West draws intellectual contributions from multiple traditions, including Christianity, the black church, democratic socialism, left-wing populism, neopragmatism, and transcendentalism.

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1953

June 2

Died

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1950s

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260 Sima Zhao's regicide of Cao Mao: The figurehead Wei emperor Cao Mao personally leads an attempt to oust his regent, Sima Zhao; the attempted coup is crushed and the emperor killed.
455 Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
1098 First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later.
1608 The Colony of Virginia gets a charter, extending borders from "sea to sea".

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The world in 1953

When Cornel arrived

april 13 CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
april 24 Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
april 25 Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
april 27 Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.

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Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira 1976– Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer Barbara Pym 1913–1980 English author (born 1913) Butterfly Boucher 1979– Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Chin-hui Tsao 1981– Taiwanese baseball player Chris Higgins 1983– American ice hockey player Dennis Haysbert 1954– American actor and producer Earl Boykins 1976– American basketball player Fabrizio Moretti 1980– Brazilian-American drummer Frank G. Clement 1920– American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Tennessee (died 1969)

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Alex Grey 1953– American visual artist and author Alex Lifeson 1953– Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Alister McGrath 1953– Irish priest, historian, and theologian Andy Partridge 1953– English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer Angélica Aragón 1953– Mexican film, television, and stage actress and singer Arielle Dombasle 1953– French-American actress and model Ben Bernanke 1953– American economist Benazir Bhutto 1953–2007 Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1953) Ciarán Hinds 1953– Irish actor

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