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I always felt called to serve, to empower and ennoble as many people as I could, teaching, truth-telling, exposing lies, bearing witness, and being willing to live and die for something bigger than yourself.
Cornel West
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Cornel West
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 2
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Oklahoma
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