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April 30, 2018

Dr. James Cone, Founder of Black Liberation Theology, Dies at Age 79
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And Rev. Dr. James Cone, known as the founder of black liberation
theology, has died at the age of 79. A longtime professor at Union
Theological Seminary here in New York City, Dr. Cone was the author a
series of groundbreaking books, including "Black Theology & Black
Power," "A Black Theology of Liberation," "Martin & Malcolm & America: A
Dream or a Nightmare?" and "The Cross and the Lynching Tree." Professor
Cornel West calls Dr. Cone "the greatest liberation theologian to emerge
in the American empire." We'll have more on his life and his legacy
later in the broadcast with Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown
Douglas and Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock.


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