Christa Buschendorf

About the authors of this book, quoting from the book's dust jacket, "Cornel West is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual. A current professor at Union Theological Seminary, he has also taught at Yale, Harvard and Princeton. The recipient of more than twenty honorary degrees, he has written many important books. . . Christa Buschendorf is a professor and the chair of American Studies at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main., She has published on the transatlantic history of ideas and on African America literature.
About the book, quoting from the book's dust jacket: "In an accessible, conversational format, Cornel West, with distinguish scholar Chr5ista Buschendorf, provides a fresh perspective on six revolutionary African American leaders: Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ella Baker, Malcolm X, Ida B. Wells-Barnett. In dialogue with Buschendorf, West examines the impact of these men and women on their own eras and across the decades. He not only rediscovers the integrity and commitment within these passionate advocates but also their fault lines."… (plus d'informations)

In an accessible, conversational format, Cornel West, with distinguished scholar Christa Buschendorf, provides a fresh perspective on six revolutionary African American leaders: Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ella Baker, Malcolm X, and Ida B. Wells. In dialogue with Buschendorf, West examines the impact of these men and women on their own eras and across the decades. He not only rediscovers the integrity and commitment within these passionate advocates but also their fault lines.… (plus d'informations)

Man, this was a fantastic read!

I've been meaning to read more Cornel West, so when I found this browsing through the library, I immediately grabbed it. And I'm so glad I did, because it's a brilliant look at several outstanding figures of the Black prophetic tradition through a series of conversations between West and Christa Buschendorf.

These conversations, held over the past few years, cover Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr, Ella Baker, Malcolm X, and Ida B. Wells. Wells and Baker were new names to me, which probably says something vital about the patriarchal approach to history we are presented with (and which is one of the points West and Buschendorf make throughout their conversations).

This book is an honest, frank look at the Black prophetic tradition, both in the day of those discussed and in the present. West has a keen mind and a strong system of belief, and he doesn't let anything interfere with the truth that he feels needs to be shared with the world.… (plus d'informations)