Cornel West

Cornel West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. West is the University Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches in the Center for African American Studies and in the Department of Religion. West is known for his combination of political and moral insight and criticism and his contribution to the post-1960s civil rights movement. The bulk of his work focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society and the means by which people act and react to their “radical conditionedness." West draws intellectual contributions from such diverse traditions as the African American Baptist Church, pragmatism and transcendentalism.Cornel West is also a ,"Member of the Democratic Socialists of America",.He is also the co leader of the Young Democratic Socialists of America.

Christian Socialism
Cornel West is a self described Christian Socialist he has been influinced by Malcom x Martin Luther King and Jhon dewey and Antonio Gramsci.