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Cornel West Brings Anderson Cooper To Tears While Praising George Floyd’s Family

Source: Paul Marotta / Getty The senseless murder of George Floyd has both tugged at the emotional core of Black Americans and also invited necessary moments of outrage and protests. As Floyd’s memory lives on, Dr. Cornel West shared a moving testimony of love and healing the wake of the tragedy on CNN, bringing host Anderson Cooper to tears. West, a Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University sat down with Cooper to discuss the state of the nation on Tuesday (June 9) on the day Floyd was laid to rest in Texas. West, using his years of activism and lecturing, spoke not only to Cooper but to viewers on how the resiliency of the Floyd family should be the example going forward as the nation heals. “We’ve got a love that the world can’t take aw...