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Video: Cornel West Slams Obama on Use of King Bible

January 23, 2013

Prof. Cornel West spent five blistering minutes explaining why he believed that President Obama’s use of Martin Luther King’s bible was off base. West made these comments during a forum at George Washington University.

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Lauren Victoria Burke is a writer, strategist and political analyst. She created Crewof42 in 2009. Ms. Burke also writes for NBC BLK, The Root, NNPA and is the Managing Editor of Politic365. As part of a diverse career in politics and media, she has also served as a congressional staffer for the U.S. Senate Democratic Policy Committee and as a Communications Director for U.S. Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN). She appears weekly on NewsOneNow with Roland Martin on TVOne. Ms. Burke grew up in New York and holds a B.A. in History from The American University. Email: LBurke007@gmail.com. Twitter: @LVBurke.