Cornel West : Speech At Mario Savio Awards Ceremony, November 15, 2001.

Speech (keynote address) given by activist, theologian, and scholar Dr. Cornel West at the annual Mario Savio Memorial Lecture and Young Activist Award ceremony which took place on November 15, 2001 in the Pauley Ballroom at U.C. Berkeley. Dr. Cornel West spoke on "Progressive Politics In These Times: From Vision to Action" [ a video is for sale at Democracy U Video #39 http://members.aol.com/democracyu/] Cornel West, is professor of African-American studies and philosophy of religion at Harvard University and author of the best-selling book, "Race Matters." [Note: Originally aired on Democracy Now!program Nov. 20, 2001 (PZ0450.037X) and Feb. 19-20, 2002 (PZ0450.102-103) but this is the complete speech supplied Archives by Amy Goodman.]