It was a hot and muggy night in June 1995 as I drove down the nearly vacant highways of Houston. The temperature had been climbing all across the city. To my left was the eighth wonder of the world, known in Space City (Houston) as the Astrodome. And to my right was a man who easily could be considered a wonder of this world, Harvard's Dr. Cornel West (he's since moved to Princeton).

It was such a sight to see. Dr. West still was wearing his trademark black three-piece suit, huge Afro ...

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