NORTH MIAMI, FLA. (WSVN) - North Miami’s mayor kicked off Black History month with a special celebration.
Mayor Smith Joseph presented Dr. Cornel West with the key to North Miami, Friday.
After a warm welcome from city officials, West spoke to students at North Miami High School about what he calls “the crisis in black education.”
“I can have some impact, if I can empower, if I can enable young people up against so much these days,” West said. “I am such a very small part of a great tradition and though February might be the shortest month, don’t let that in any way reflect the celebration of a people, of a great people.”
The political activist, author and Harvard University professor has written the books ”Race Matters” and ”Democracy Matters.”
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