THESIS
The black prophetic fire has become lost among African American individuals. In this book, scholar, philosopher, author, and black activist Dr. Cornel West exchanges dialogue with Christa Buschendorf about what the black prophetic tradition means to him and six African American historical individuals who are prime examples of what black prophetic fire should be.
SUMMARY
In the Black Prophetic Fire, Dr. Cornel West goes into detail about six specific, very influential, historical individuals whose courage, influence, and passion for their own people made them key black prophetic figures. Dr. West mentions Frederick Douglas, W.E.B DuBois, Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Baker, Malcolm X, and Ida B. Wells as being these black prophetic figures. Dr. West gives admiration as well as some criticism to these individuals and the legacies that they all leave behind. …show more content…
West goes introduces W.E.B. DuBois as the next black prophetic figure. W.E.B was scholar and activist born in the free North shortly after the abolishment of slavery. I find W.E.B DuBois one of the most prophetic and brave individuals that Dr. West discussed. Even though DuBois was a biracial man born in the North and raised around predominately white individuals, he was a strong advocate for the rights and equality of African Americans. It is astonishing that an individual born free and in a predominately white area had such determination to fight for African American rights and for the poor and middle class. DuBois was a radical believer that African Americans deserved the same human rights as Caucasian individuals. Also, DuBois is significant to the black prophet tradition because of his “Talented Tenths” theory. This notion would allow one in ten African Americans to become successful leaders for the black community. The African American community would probably be better off today with Talented Tenths notion because we would have several positive role models to be the
The black prophetic fire has become lost among African American individuals. In this book, scholar, philosopher, author, and black activist Dr. Cornel West exchanges dialogue with Christa Buschendorf about what the black prophetic tradition means to him and six African American historical individuals who are prime examples of what black prophetic fire should be.
SUMMARY
In the Black Prophetic Fire, Dr. Cornel West goes into detail about six specific, very influential, historical individuals whose courage, influence, and passion for their own people made them key black prophetic figures. Dr. West mentions Frederick Douglas, W.E.B DuBois, Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Baker, Malcolm X, and Ida B. Wells as being these black prophetic figures. Dr. West gives admiration as well as some criticism to these individuals and the legacies that they all leave behind. …show more content…
West goes introduces W.E.B. DuBois as the next black prophetic figure. W.E.B was scholar and activist born in the free North shortly after the abolishment of slavery. I find W.E.B DuBois one of the most prophetic and brave individuals that Dr. West discussed. Even though DuBois was a biracial man born in the North and raised around predominately white individuals, he was a strong advocate for the rights and equality of African Americans. It is astonishing that an individual born free and in a predominately white area had such determination to fight for African American rights and for the poor and middle class. DuBois was a radical believer that African Americans deserved the same human rights as Caucasian individuals. Also, DuBois is significant to the black prophet tradition because of his “Talented Tenths” theory. This notion would allow one in ten African Americans to become successful leaders for the black community. The African American community would probably be better off today with Talented Tenths notion because we would have several positive role models to be the