Black Prophetic Fire
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| Author | Cornel West Christa Buschendorf |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Beacon Press |
Publication date | 2014 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 248 |
| ISBN | 978-080700352-7 |
Black Prophetic Fire, published in 2014 by Beacon Press, is a book by Cornel West in dialogue with and edited by Christa Buschendorf, containing six conversations discussing the lives and legacies of figures in the Black prophetic tradition: Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Baker, Malcolm X, and Ida B. Wells. The six conversations are preceded by an introduction titled "Why We Need to Talk About Black Prophetic Fire" and followed by a conclusion titled "Last Words on the Black Prophetic Tradition in the Age of Obama."
