Independent presidential candidate Cornel West announced that Melina Abdullah, a prominent Black Lives Matter activist and professor, will be his 2024 running mate.
Abdullah is the controversial former chairwoman of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles, and one of the co-founders of the Los Angeles chapter of BLM. West made the announcement on Wednesday in an episode of the Tavis Smiley show on KBLA radio.
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West and his running mate, Melina Abdullah.
“I wanted to run with someone who would put a smile on the face of Fannie Lou Hamer and Martin Luther King Jr. from the grave,” he said. “Put a smile on their faces from the grave, and that’s the highest standard, as you know that’s not a typical standard of the garden variety politician.”
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