Cornel West Explains Why it Bothers Him Obama Took Oath Using MLK’s Bible

Jan 22, 2013

At a "Poverty in America" forum held last week, Princeton professor Cornel West said he was "upset" after learning that President Barack Obama would be sworn in using Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Bible. "When I got the news that my dear brother Barack Obama–President Obama–was going to put his precious hands on Martin Luther King’s Bible I got upset," West said.