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Brother Cornel West Has Some Advice for Brother Barack Obama

Cornel West, on the road to promote his memoir "Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud," talked mostly about his journey to becoming one of the most public of public intellectuals. But he also had a message for President Obama, nudging "Brother Barack" toward more progressive stands. And West said Obama should be mindful that even Abraham Lincoln needed a Frederick Douglass to push him to greatness. The Princeton professor, actor, author of "Race Matters" and "Democracy Matters" spoke Friday at the new Knight Theater in Charlotte, N.C., after an evening that included poetry and jazz to ...

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