Cornel West joins Newark Collegiate Academy, city officials at ribbon-cutting for new facility
By tdesimon on December 16th, 2009
By David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger
December 15, 2009, 7:01PM
After years of borrowing classroom space and at times operating without desks and chairs, the students of Newark Collegiate Academy cut the ribbon on their new school today, and were welcomed by one of the country’s most influential thinkers.
“You are representing not just the academy, not just Newark, not just America,” Cornel West said today to a roomful of students, teachers, and policy makers. “You are representing the best of the human spirit.”