West tells Chicora students to focus on love

MORNING HEADLINES | American philosopher, theologian and Black rights activist Cornel West told a full gymnasium of students and teachers at Chicora Elementary School that they need more love in their lives.

“This is crucial,” he told the Charleston City Paper before taking the stage on a chilly and wet Thursday morning. “I had so much love, courage and integrity poured into me as a child. And I want to pour whatever depths of love, courage and integrity I have now into them because these kids are our future.”

West compared Black history icons to modern music stars…

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